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Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Physical Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 10261
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Preparation: Pinned
Locality: N. Ind., Indiana, United States
- Type: Worthington. 1880. Canadian Entomologist. 12: 50.
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Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Generally in more or less wooded countryside in old fields, edges, right of ways, edges of wetlands and other open flowery, grassy situations. Habitat may vary regionally. Not usually seen far from trees.
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Associations
Flowering Plants Visited by Pompeius verna in Illinois
(observations are from Robertson and Clinebell as indicated below; this skipper is the Little Glassy Wing)
Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias purpurascens [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias verticillata [plab sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Echinacea simulata sn (Cl); Ebenaceae: Diospyros virginiana [stam sn np] [pist sn np] (Rb); Lamiaceae: Blephilia ciliata sn (Rb)
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Hilty, J. Editor. 2013. Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers. World Wide Web electronic publication. illinoiswildflowers.info, version (05/2013)
See: Abbreviations for Insect Activities, Abbreviations for Scientific Observers, References for behavioral observations
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Pompeius verna
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pompeius verna
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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Wikipedia
Pompeius verna
The Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from central New England west to central Nebraska, south to northern Florida, the Gulf Coast and southern Texas.[2]
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
- Pompeius verna verna
- Pompeius verna sequoyah (Freeman, 1942)
References
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