Piruna pirus, the russet skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Piruna pirus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Piruna
Species:
P. pirus
Binomial name
Piruna pirus
(W. H. Edwards, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pholisora semicaeca Mabille and Boullet, 1917

The MONA or Hodges number for Piruna pirus is 3983.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Piruna pirus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Piruna pirus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Piruna pirus". Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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