Piruna polingii (Barnes, 1900) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Piruna polingii (Barnes, 1900)

Piruna polingii (Barnes, 1900)

Piruna polingii, the four-spotted skipperling, is a Hesperiidae butterfly species found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Piruna
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Piruna polingii (Barnes, 1900)

Piruna polingii, commonly called the four-spotted skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It was first described by William Barnes in 1900, and can be found in Central and North America. The MONA (Hodges) number for Piruna polingii is 3984.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Piruna

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

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