Piruna pirus (Edwards, 1878) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Piruna pirus (Edwards, 1878)

Piruna pirus (Edwards, 1878)

Piruna pirus, the russet skipperling, is a North American intermediate skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.

Family
Genus
Piruna
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Piruna pirus (Edwards, 1878)

Piruna pirus, commonly called the russet skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper that belongs to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This species is found in North America. The MONA, also known as Hodges, number assigned to Piruna pirus is 3983.

Photo: (c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Hesperiidae › Piruna

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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