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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Pompeius » Little Glassywing - Hodges#4048 (Pompeius verna)

Species Pompeius verna - Little Glassywing - Hodges#4048

Classification · Hodges Number · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
6009441 Skipper - Pompeius verna Skipper 0106 - Pompeius verna Skipper 709 - Pompeius verna Little Glassywing - Pompeius verna Skipper; Amblyscirtes (?) sp. - Pompeius verna Little Glassywing - Pompeius verna Lerema accius? - Pompeius verna Little Glassywing - Pompeius verna
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)
Tribe Hesperiini
Genus Pompeius
Species verna (Little Glassywing - Hodges#4048)
Hodges Number
4048
See Also
Crossline skipper, Polites origenes. Often more orange but may be cold brownish too. Generally has no upper hindwing spot that is positioned far further forward than the others. Upperwing patterns distinctive.
Print References
Opler, pp. 379-380 & plate 36 (1)
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides)
Paul A. Opler, Vichai Malikul, Roger Tory Peterson. 1992. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 27 May, 2005 - 8:03pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, James Bailey
Last updated 10 December, 2021 - 2:16pm

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