Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species 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, ) 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
Butterfly Net International, Higher Classification of Hesperiidae 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