The genus has been subject to several revisions, one of which led to the
type genus of subfamily
Eudaminae, genus
Eudamus, becoming a
junior synonym of
Urbanus. As a result of genome analysis of the Eudaminae, several species formerly considered part of
Urbanus have been transferred to other genera, including to
Cecropterus •
Urbanus evona Evans, 1952 – Mexico, Guatemala •
Urbanus prodicus E. Bell, 1956 – Mexico •
Urbanus viridis H. Freeman, 1970 – Mexico
Subgenus Urbanus •
Urbanus alva Evans, 1952 – Mexico •
Urbanus belli (Hayward, 1935) – Mexico [?] to Bolivia, Argentina •
Urbanus bernikerni Burns, 2014 •
Urbanus dubius Steinhauser, 1981 – Colombia •
Urbanus ehakernae Burns, 2014 •
Urbanus huancavillcas (R. Williams, 1926) – Ecuador •
Urbanus longicaudus Austin, 1998 – Brazil •
Urbanus magnus Steinhauser, 1981 – Ecuador •
Urbanus megalurus (Mabille, 1877) •
Urbanus oplerorum •
Urbanus parvus Austin, 1998 – Brazil •
Urbanus pronta Evans, 1952 – Mexico, Honduras, to Ecuador •
Urbanus pronus Evans, 1952 – Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay; Mexico •
Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758) – southern US, Mexico, Central & South America •
Urbanus proteus proteus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mexico •
Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872) – Saba to Grenada, Haiti •
Urbanus rickardi •
Urbanus segnestami Burns, 2014 •
Urbanus tucuti (R. Williams, 1927) •
Urbanus velinus (Plötz, 1881) – Brazil, Guyana •
Urbanus villus Austin, 1998 – Brazil •
Urbanus viterboana (Ehrmann, 1907) – Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador.
Former species Transferred to
Cecropterus: •
Urbanus dorantes (Stoll, 1790) •
Urbanus obscurus (Hewitson, 1867) •
Urbanus evenus (Ménétriés, 1855) •
Urbanus virescens (Mabille, 1877) •
Urbanus trebia (Möschler, 1879) •
Urbanus carmelita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) •
Urbanus reductus (N. Riley, 1919) •
Urbanus doryssus (Swainson, 1831) •
Urbanus albimargo (Mabille, 1875) Transferred to
Spicauda: •
Urbanus teleus (Hübner, 1821) •
Urbanus tanna Evans, 1952 •
Urbanus ambiguus de Jong, 1983 •
Urbanus cindra Evans, 1952 •
Urbanus zagorus (Plötz, 1881) •
Urbanus simplicius (Stoll, 1790) •
Urbanus procne (Plötz, 1881) Transferred to
Telegonus •
Urbanus chalco (Hübner, 1823) ==References==