| Piruna | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Hesperiidae | 
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae | 
| Genus: | Piruna Evans, 1955[1]  | 
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, [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
 - 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: .
 - 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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