Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)

Known in NC only from a half-dozen records scattered from the coast to the mountains, this species is a rare stray from farther south.

Formerly treated as Urbanus dorantes or Cecropterus dorantes, recent evidence shows Dorantes Longtail belongs in the cloudywing genus Thorybes!

Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) 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.

Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Orange Co., NC
5 June 2007
Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Collier Co., FL
31 Dec 2008
Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Collier Co., FL
4 Nov 2018
Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Collier Co., FL
27 Sep 2016
Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes) Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Collier Co., FL
31 Dec 2008

Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
29 Dec 2003
Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Collier Co., FL
4 Nov 2016

Laying an egg on Desmodium

Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes)
Collier Co., NC
30 Dec 2011

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