Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)
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DISTRIBUTION in North Carolina: Statewide, occurring in all three provinces, but hardly any records from the southeastern portion of the state. However, there are numerous records for coastal South Carolina; thus, it should occur in most Coastal Plain counties in NC.
ABUNDANCE in North Carolina: Fairly common and widespread, to locally common, in the mountains and Piedmont; uncommon in the northern and western Coastal Plain (including the Sandhills); seemingly rare to very rare in the outer Coastal Plain.
FLIGHT PERIOD in North Carolina: Two broods downstate; mid-May to early July, and mid- or late July to late September, rarely to mid-October. This species has a distinct gap in the flight period in early summer in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. However, it flies in the mountains in July; the primary brood there is from mid-June to early August. There is a small second brood in the mountains in late August and September, but more data needed for these months.
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Distribution, abundance, flight period, and map information provided by Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina.
Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) 06/22/05 · Ashe County, NC
Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) 07/06/05 · Ashe County, NC
Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) 07/04/05 · Ashe County, NC · male
Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna) 07/06/05 · Ashe County, NC · female