Piruna penaea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Heteropterinae
Genus: Piruna
Species: Piruna penaea

Name

Piruna penaea (Dyar, 1918)

Type locality: Mexico, Sierra de Guerrero.

Holotype: ♂ USNM.

Synonymy

• Butleria penaea Dyar, 1918: 338.
• Piruna milpa Freeman, 1970: 96, Figs 11,12, 22. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 60.
• =Piruna aea Dyar; Bridges, 1994: IX.49.
• Piruna penaea (Dyar); Lamas, 2004: 60.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Dyar, H.G. 1918. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum #2239, Vol. 54: 335–372. BHL Reference page. 
• Freeman, H.A., 1970. A new genus and eight new species of Mexican Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 78(2): 88-99, 10 f, 14 pl. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.