Formerly treated as Urbanus dorantes or Cecropterus dorantes, recent evidence shows Dorantes Longtail belongs in the cloudywing genus Thorybes!
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Blackwood Division of Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 5 June 2007 Note that the dark forewing post-median band is interrupted by a pale patch. |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Orange Co., NC 5 June 2007 |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Collier Co., FL 4 Nov 2018 |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Collier Co., FL 27 Sep 2016 |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Collier Co., FL 31 Dec 2008 |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Miami-Dade Co., FL 29 Dec 2003 |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Collier Co., FL 4 Nov 2016 Laying an egg on Desmodium |
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Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Collier Co., NC 30 Dec 2011 |
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