Biology:Urbanus simplicius

Short description: Species of butterfly

Plain longtail
Tobago
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Urbanus
Species:	U. simplicius
Binomial name
Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, [1790])
Synonyms
Papilio simplicius Stoll, [1790] Goniurus pilatus Plötz, 1880 Goniurus gracillcauda[?] Plötz, 1881 Thymele thiemei Ehrmann, 1907 Thymele borja Ehrmann, 1907

Urbanus simplicius, the plain longtail, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Argentina , north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Texas and peninsular Florida.

External links

• Urbanus simplicius, Neotropical Butterflies

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