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Pompeius verna (Little Glassywing)

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Wikipedia Abstract

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

Wing Span [1]  1.102 inches (.028 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Tridens flavus (purpletop tridens)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cercyonis pegala (common wood-nymph)1
Polites origenes (Crossline Skipper)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0