"Although the dorantes longtail is not as common as the similar long-tailed skipper, Urbanus proteus, it wanders northward occasionally to the Houston area from deep South Texas ... The dorantes longtail resembles the long-tailed skipper but lacks the green iridescence on the body and wing bases above."

Click here to compare the Dorantes and the Proteus Skippers.

Photo taken with a Nikon D80, using a Nikon 200mm, f/4 micro, manual focus lens.

November 7, 2007.