Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Urbanus galapagensis
Large tailed skipper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Hesperioidea
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Urbanus
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Urbanus dorantes galapagensis Williams, 1911
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Edén, Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela,Pinzón, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Santiago Fernandina, Pinta y Rábida (Williams, 1912), (Roque, 2004) (Roque, 2006)
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2004) The butterflies (Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea) of the Galapagos islands, ecuador: distribution, hostplants and biology. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Williams, F.X. (1911) Expedition of the California Acadmey of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands 1905-1906. - 3. The butterflies and hawk-moths of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Acadmey of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 289-322.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Urbanus galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7376. Accessed 3 April 2026.