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
Piruna, Site of Markku Savela
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.
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: [2][permanent dead link].
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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