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title: "Little Glassywing"
description: "Vernia verna — Insetos e aranhas. Vernia verna, the little glassywing, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/little-glassywing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Glassywing

> Vernia verna — Insetos e aranhas. Vernia verna, the little glassywing, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

- Scientific name: *Vernia verna*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11180
- Wikidata: [Q102108158](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102108158)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1363161](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1363161)

## Names

- en: Little Glassywing
- fr: Hespérie à taches vitreuses

## Countries with the most observations

US (6640), CA (845)

## Summary

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.
The wingspan is 27–39 mm. Adults prefer to feed on the nectar of white, pink and purple flowers, including Apocynum, Prunella, Mentha × piperita, Eutrochium and Asclepias.
The larvae feed on Tridens flavus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernia_verna

## Photo

![Little Glassywing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-glassywing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28826992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-glassywing?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).