''Urbanus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

skipper butterflies Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1807, placed to subtribe Eudamina. Species of the genus are found from the southern United States to South America.

Taxonomy

The genus has been subject to several revisions, one of which led to the type genus of subfamily

Eudaminae The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North Ameri ...

, genus ''Eudamus'', becoming a

junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...

of ''Urbanus''. As a result of genome analysis of the Eudaminae, several species formerly considered part of ''Urbanus'' have been transferred to other genera, including to '' Cecropterus'' and '' Spicauda''.

Species

Except where separately referenced, this species list follows the classification of Li et al. 2019, with distribution data sourced from Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''.

Subgenus ''Urbanoides''

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'' (A. Butler, 1877) – Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras to Brazil, Colombia *'' Urbanus esma'' Evans, 1952 – Brazil *'' Urbanus prodicus'' E. Bell, 1956 – Mexico *'' Urbanus elmina'' Evans, 1952 – Ecuador *'' Urbanus evona'' Evans, 1952 – Mexico, Guatemala *'' Urbanus esta'' Evans, 1952 – Mexican coasts to Ecuador and Brazil *'' Urbanus viridis'' H. Freeman, 1970 – Mexico

Subgenus ''Urbanus''

*'' Urbanus velinus'' (Plötz, 1881) – Brazil, Guyana *''

Urbanus proteus The long-tailed skipper (''Urbanus proteus'') is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the Eastern United States and southern Ontario. It cannot live in areas ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – southern US, Mexico, Central & South America **''Urbanus proteus proteus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mexico **''Urbanus proteus domingo'' (Scudder, 1872) – Saba to Grenada, Haiti *'' Urbanus magnus'' Steinhauser, 1981 – Ecuador *'' Urbanus pronus'' Evans, 1952 – Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay; Mexico *'' Urbanus pronta'' Evans, 1952 – Mexico, Honduras *'' Urbanus parvus'' Austin, 1998 – Brazil *'' Urbanus longicaudus'' Austin, 1998 – Brazil *'' Urbanus villus'' Austin, 1998 – Brazil *'' Urbanus huancavillcas'' (R. Williams, 1926) – Ecuador *'' Urbanus belli'' (Hayward, 1935) – Mexico to Bolivia to Argentina *'' Urbanus bernikerni'' Burns, 2014 *'' Urbanus ehakernae'' Burns, 2014 *'' Urbanus segnestami'' Burns, 2014 *'' Urbanus viterboana'' (Ehrmann, 1907) – Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador *'' Urbanus dubius'' Steinhauser, 1981 – Colombia *'' Urbanus megalurus'' (Mabille, 1877) *'' Urbanus tucuti'' (R. Williams, 1927)

Former species

Transferred to '' Cecropterus'': *''Urbanus dorantes'' (Stoll, 1790) *''Urbanus obscurus'' (Hewitson, 1867) *''Urbanus evenus'' (Ménétriés, 1855) *''Urbanus virescens'' (Mabille, 1877) *''Urbanus trebia'' (Möschler, 1879) *''Urbanus carmelita'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) *''Urbanus reductus'' (N. Riley, 1919) *''Urbanus doryssus'' (Swainson, 1831) *''Urbanus albimargo'' (Mabille, 1875) Transferred to '' Spicauda'': *''Urbanus teleus'' (Hübner, 1821) *''Urbanus tanna'' Evans, 1952 *''Urbanus ambiguus'' de Jong, 1983 *''Urbanus cindra'' Evans, 1952 *''Urbanus zagorus'' (Plötz, 1881) *''Urbanus simplicius'' (Stoll, 1790) *''Urbanus procne'' (Plötz, 1881) Transferred to ''

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'' *''Urbanus chalco'' (Hübner, 1823)

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1361321 Eudaminae Butterflies of North America Butterflies of Central America Hesperiidae of South America Lepidoptera of the Caribbean Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner