長尾弄蝶

{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Urbanus proteus| binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| image = Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus, Noble's Nursery, Live Oak, Florida.jpg
| image_caption = 翅面觀
| image2 = Long-tailed Skipper - Urbanus proteus, Dinner Island Ranch Wildlife Management Area, Hendry County, Florida (26542149778).jpg
| image2_caption = 翅底觀
| status = NE
| status_system = iucn3.1
| status_ref = 
| subdivision_ranks = 亞種
| subdivision = 共有2個亞種，詳閱正文。
| synonyms = 
 Papilio proteus Linnaeus, 1758
 Goniurus proteus Butler & Druce, 1874
 Eudamus proteus Godman & Salvin, [1893]
}}

長尾弄蝶（學名：，英名俗名：），是屬於弄蝶科的一種蝴蝶，是長尾弄蝶屬的一種，也是其模式種。廣泛分佈於新北界及新熱帶界，北至美國東岸康涅狄格州，經德薩斯州，南至阿根廷。生境為耕地和濕地。幼蟲的寄主為豆科（如：菜豆屬）、十字花科及美人蕉科植物Pyle, 1981. Field Guide to North American Butterflies, National Audubon Society。

成蟲翅膀和體軀背面具有的綠色光澤，展翅寬4-5厘米。飛翔時飄忽不定。幼蟲橄攬綠色，飾有褐色條紋和黃、黑斑點。頭部褐色，具二黃點。

 亞種 
 U. p. proteus- 指名亞種，分佈於墨西哥
 U. p. domingo'' (Scudder, 1872)
- 分佈於西印度群島薩巴至格林納達及海地

圖集

參考

文獻 
 Linnaeus, 1758; Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 484
 Butler & Druce, 1874, List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 366
 Godman & Salvin, [1893], Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 277 , 3 pl. 75 , f. 5
 Dyar, 1903, A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 56
 Lewis, 1974. Butterflies of the World: pl. 88, f. 5
 Hodges, 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico, #3886
 Opler & Warren, 2003 (April). Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

外部連結 
 
 
 Urbanus proteus  - Moth Photographers Group 
 Urbanus proteus proteus  - Butterflies of America 
 Urbanus proteus  - Butterflies and Moths of North America 
 Urbanus proteus  - BOLD Systems 
 Urbanus proteus  - BugGuide.Net 
 Urbanus proteus - Catalogue of Life  
 Urbanus proteus - funet.fi

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