''Piruna'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
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Species
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Piruna aea''
(Dyar, 1912)
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Piruna ajijiciensis''
Freeman, 1970
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Piruna brunnea''
(Scudder, 1872)
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Piruna ceracates''
(Hewitson, 1874)
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Piruna cyclosticta''
(Dyar, 1920)
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Piruna dampfi''
(Bell, 1942)
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Piruna gyrans''
(Plötz, 1884)
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Piruna haferniki''
Freeman, 1970
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Piruna jonka''
Steinhauser, 1991
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Piruna kemneri''
Freeman, 1990
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Piruna maculata''
Freeman, 1970
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Piruna microsticta''
(Godman, 900
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Events
By place
Abbasid Caliphate
* Spring – Forces under the Transoxianian emir Isma'il ibn Ahmad are ...
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Piruna millerorum''
Steinhauser, 1991
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Piruna mullinsi''
Freeman, 1991
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Piruna penaea''
(Dyar, 1918)
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Piruna pirus''
(Edwards, 1878)
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Piruna polingii''
(Barnes, 1900)
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Piruna purepecha''
Warren & González, 1999
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Piruna roeveri''
(Miller & Miller, 1972)
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Piruna sina''
Freeman, 1970
References
*Butterfly Net International, Higher Classification of Hesperiida
*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.
* , 1955: A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in The British Museum (Natural History).
* , 1970: ''Journal of the New York Entomological Society'' 78: 88-99
* , 1979: Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae. ''Bulletin of the Allyn Museum'' 52: 1-13.
* , 1991, A new species of ''Piruna'' from Oaxaca, Mexico (Hesperiidae). ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 45 (1): 42-45. Full article
* , 2004, ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea''.
* , 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.
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Heteropterinae
Hesperiidae genera
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