Pompeius verna

Pompeius verna, the little glassywing, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern United States and southeast Canada, from central New England west to central Nebraska, south to northern Florida, the Gulf Coast and southern Texas.[3]

Pompeius verna

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Pompeius
Species:
P. verna
Binomial name
Pompeius verna
(Edwards, 1862)[2]
Synonyms
  • Vernia verna W. H. Edwards, 1862
  • Pamphila verna Edwards, 1862
  • Polites verna
  • Pamphila pottawattomie Worthington, 1880
  • Hesperia vetulina Plötz, 1883
  • Pamphila sigida Mabille, 1891

The wingspan is 27–39 mm. Adults preferably feed on the nectar of white, pink and purple flowers, including Apocynum, Prunella, Mentha × piperita, Eutrochium and Asclepias.

The larvae feed on Tridens flavus.

Subspecies
  • Pompeius verna verna
  • Pompeius verna sequoyah (Freeman, 1942)

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Vernia verna Little Glassywing". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. Pompeius at funet
  3. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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