Vernia verna

Last updated

Vernia verna
Pompeius verna 2192016.jpg
Little Glassywing.jpg
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Vernia
Species:
V. verna
Binomial name
Vernia verna
(Edwards, 1862) [2]
Synonyms
List
  • Pamphila vernaEdwards, 1862
  • Polites verna
  • Pamphila pottawattomieWorthington, 1880
  • Hesperia vetulinaPlötz, 1883
  • Pamphila sigidaMabille, 1891
  • Pompeius verna(Edwards, 1862)

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

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Vernia, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

La Vernia is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. La Vernia is on the south bank of Cibolo Creek at the junction of U.S. Highway 87 and Texas Farm to Market Road 775, about 25 miles east of downtown San Antonio. The population was 1,077 at the 2020 census. La Vernia is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<i>Phoebis sennae</i> Species of butterfly

Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Americas. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur, which has angled wings, statira sulphur, and other sulphurs, which are much smaller. The species name comes from the genus Senna to which many of the larval host plants belong.

<i>Anthocharis midea</i> Species of butterfly in the family Pieridae

Anthocharis midea, the falcate orangetip, is a North American butterfly that was described in 1809 by Jacob Hübner. It belongs to the family Pieridae, which is the white and sulphurs. These butterflies are mostly seen in the eastern United States, and in Texas and Oklahoma. They eat the nectar of violets and mustards. They tend to live in open, wet woods along waterways, in open swamps, and less often in dry woods and ridgetops. This species is a true springtime butterfly, being on the wing from April to May.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oberthür's grizzled skipper</span> Species of skipper butterfly genus Pyrgus

Oberthür's grizzled skipper is a species of skipper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eastern tailed-blue</span> Species of butterfly

The eastern tailed-blue or eastern tailed blue, also known as Everes comyntas, is a common butterfly of eastern North America. It is a small butterfly that is distinguished from other blues in its range by the small thin tail.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miletinae</span> Subfamily of butterflies

Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants, and most known species feed on Hemiptera, though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.

<i>Tridens flavus</i> Species of grass

Tridens flavus, known as purpletop, purpletop tridens, tall redtop, greasy grass, and grease grass, is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass native to eastern North America.

<i>Eurema lisa</i> Species of butterfly

Eurema lisa, commonly known as the little yellow, little sulphur or little sulfur, is a butterfly species of subfamily Coliadinae that occurs in Central America and the southern part of North America.

<i>Marpesia petreus</i> Species of butterfly

Marpesia petreus, the ruddy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays are found as far north as Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and southern Texas.

<i>Leptotes cassius</i> Species of butterfly

Leptotes cassius, the Cassius blue or tropical striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America in Florida including the Keys, Texas south through the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America to South America. Strays have been found in New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

<i>Lerodea eufala</i> Species of butterfly

Lerodea eufala, the Eufala skipper or rice leaffolder, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from the coast of Georgia, south through Florida and west across the southern United States to southern California, south through Mexico and Central America to Patagonia. In the summer, it expands its range north to central California, North Dakota, southern Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Washington, D.C.

<i>Calpodes ethlius</i> Species of butterfly

Calpodes ethlius, the Brazilian skipper, larger canna leafroller or canna skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from southern Florida and southern Texas, south through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America to Argentina. Strays and temporary colonies can be found north to southern Nevada, northern Texas, Illinois and Massachusetts.

<i>Hesperia metea</i> Species of butterfly

Hesperia metea, the cobweb skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It has a scattered distribution in the United States from southern Maine west to Wisconsin, south to central Georgia, the Gulf States and central Texas.

<i>Polites origenes</i> Species of butterfly

Polites origenes, the crossline skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern United States, excepting Florida, southern Ontario, and Quebec.

<i>Euphyes vestris</i> Species of butterfly

Euphyes vestris, the dun skipper, sedge witch or dun sedge skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta, south to Florida, the Gulf Coast and eastern Texas. There are disjunct populations in the High Plains and Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast.

<i>Hermeuptychia sosybius</i> Species of butterfly

Hermeuptychia sosybius, the Carolina satyr, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south along the coast to southern Florida, west to south-eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas. It is also found in Mexico and Central America.

<i>Pieris krueperi</i> Species of butterfly

Pieris krueperi, the Krueper's small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Iran, Baluchistan, the Kopet-Dagh and from Asia Minor to Central Asia, as well as in Oman. The habitat consists arid areas with scanty vegetation up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in the mountains.

<i>Lethe anthedon</i> Species of butterfly

Lethe anthedon, the northern pearly-eye, is a species of butterfly of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America, from central Saskatchewan and eastern Nebraska east to Nova Scotia, south to central Alabama and Mississippi.

<i>Anaea</i> (butterfly) Genus of butterflies

Anaea are a genus of charaxine butterflies in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. The butterflies are commonly known as leafwings. Members of the genus are found throughout the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean.

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