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Species Vernia verna - Little Glassywing - Hodges#4048

Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) - Vernia verna - male crossline or little glassywing? - Vernia verna - female Broken Dash Skipper? - Vernia verna Little glassywing skipper - Vernia verna Skipper - Vernia verna What Skipper? - Vernia verna Skipper? - Vernia verna - male Skipper - Vernia verna - male
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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
Subtribe Hesperiina
Genus Vernia
Species verna (Little Glassywing - Hodges#4048)
Hodges Number
4048
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pompeius verna
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, talusrutgers
Last updated 28 August, 2024 - 10:14pm

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