Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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, [1900])
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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
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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.
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Evans, W.H., 1955: A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in The British Museum (Natural History).
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Freeman, H.A., 1970: Journal of the New York Entomological Society 78: 88-99
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Freeman, H.A., 1979: Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 52: 1-13.
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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].
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Lamas, G., 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea.
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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.
