Species Pompeius verna - Little Glassywing

Classification · Print References · Works Cited

Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) - Pompeius verna - male

Skipper on Common Milkweed - Pompeius verna

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Hesperioidea (Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Genus Pompeius

Species verna (Little Glassywing)

Print References

Opler, pp. 379-380 & plate 36 (1)

Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides) By Paul A. Opler, Vichai Malikul, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Mike Boone on 27 May, 2005 - 8:03pm

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