Urbanus procne (Brown Longtail)

 The brown longtail butterfly is a member of the genus Urbanus, which includes many of the tailed butterflies. They are a skipper type of butterfly which puts them in the Hesperiidae family. They are mostly brown with some light mottling on the wings and tail. They are found grassy fields as well as tropical and subtropical forests from South Texas through Mexico, Central America and into northern South America. Their larval host plants are different types of grasses including Bermuda grass.

Brown Longtail Skipper

 Many people head out to the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas in search of rare birds that can not be seen most anywhere else in the United States. There are other things to see in south Texas that fall into the same category. The northern portion of the range of the brown longtail skipper extends up into south Texas. The range continues south Mexico, Central America and Argentina. Occasionally a rare siting of these butterflies occurs in south New Mexico, Arizona, or California.