Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: | Piruna Evans, 1955[1] |
Species
edit- Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912)
- Piruna ajijiciensis Freeman, 1970
- Piruna brunnea (Scudder, 1872)
- Piruna ceracates (Hewitson, 1874)
- Piruna cyclosticta (Dyar, 1920)
- Piruna dampfi (Bell, 1942)
- Piruna gyrans (Plötz, 1884)
- Piruna haferniki Freeman, 1970
- Piruna jonka Steinhauser, 1991
- Piruna kemneri Freeman, 1990
- Piruna maculata Freeman, 1970
- Piruna microsticta (Godman, [1900])
- Piruna millerorum Steinhauser, 1991
- Piruna mullinsi Freeman, 1991
- Piruna penaea (Dyar, 1918)
- Piruna pirus (Edwards, 1878)
- Piruna polingii (Barnes, 1900)
- Piruna purepecha Warren & González, 1999
- Piruna roeveri (Miller & Miller, 1972)
- Piruna sina Freeman, 1970
References
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- Butterfly Net International, Higher Classification of Hesperiidae [1]
- Ackery, P., R. de Jong and R. I. Vane-Wright (1999) The Butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea. in Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology 4(35):263-300 (ed. N. P. Kristensen). Berlin: de Gruyter.
- Evans, W.H., 1955: A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in The British Museum (Natural History).
- Freeman, H.A., 1970: Journal of the New York Entomological Society 78: 88-99
- Freeman, H.A., 1979: Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 52: 1-13.
- Freeman, H.A., 1991, A new species of Piruna from Oaxaca, Mexico (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45 (1): 42-45. Full article: [2][permanent dead link].
- Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
- Warren, A.D. & L. González-Cota, 1998: Notes on the genus Piruna in western Mexico, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 9(Suppl. 2): 1-7.
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