| Piruna roeveri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Piruna |
| Species: | P. roeveri |
| Binomial name | |
| Piruna roeveri (L.D. Miller & J.Y. Miller, 1972) [1] | |
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Piruna roeveri is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Mexico. [2]
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy places the family in the superfamily Papilionoidea. They are named for their quick, darting flight habits. Most have their antenna tips modified into narrow, hook-like projections. Moreover, skippers mostly have an absence of wing-coupling structure available in most moths. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America.
The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Brigadier William Harry Evans CSI CIE DSO was a lepidopterist and British Army officer who served in India. He documented the butterfly fauna of India, Burma and Ceylon in a series of articles in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Brigadier Evans was especially interested in the taxonomy and systematics of the butterfly families Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae an example being his A revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae Bull. British Mus. , Ent., vol. 5: pp. 85–141 (1957).
Astraptes is the genus of flasher butterflies. They belong to the skipper butterfly subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They belong to the spread-winged skipper subfamily (Pyrginae), and therein are the type genus of tribe Celaenorrhini.
The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae.
Dalla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Phanus is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Timochares ruptifasciatus, the brown-banded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in southern Texas, Mexico and Jamaica.
Polites sabuleti, the sandhill skipper or saltgrass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from southern British Columbia and eastern Washington, south through California and northern Arizona to Baja California and east to south-eastern Wyoming, central Colorado, and north-eastern New Mexico. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
The Erionotini are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies.
Dalla austini is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Chiapas, Mexico.
Piruna ceracates is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Mexico.
Piruna haferniki, the chisos skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Piruna polingii, the four-spotted skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper in the family of butterflies known as Hesperiidae. It was first described by William Barnes in 1900 and it is found in Central and North America.
Cogia hippalus, the acacia skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.
Piruna aea, the many-spotted skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Piruna pirus, the russet skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America.
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