Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1147938

Long-tailed Skipper
Urbanus proteus

Observation date: October 27, 2017
Submitted by: Jay Brasher
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found resting on an Osage orange fruit. Weather was mostly sunny with a light breeze and above normal average temp for the day.
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: November 04, 2017
Coordinator notes: This is the first Lincoln County record for this species in the BAMONA database. This is the 50th species of butterfly documented in Lincoln.
Checklist region(s): Lincoln County, United States, Tennessee