Piruna aea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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 aea
Subspecies: P. a. aea – P. a. mexicana

Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912).

Type locality: Sierra de Guerrero, Mexico, (R. Muller); Oaxaca, Mexico (W. Schaus).

Typus: Two male co-types, USNM

Butleria aea Dyar, 1912: 44.
Piruna aea (Dyar); Evans, [1955]: 13; Bridges, 1994: VIII.3, IX.49.
Piruna cingo Evans, [1955]: 14; Chilpanchingo, Guerrero, 4,600ft. BMNH. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 60.
Piruna cingo sombra Evans, [1955]: 14; Guatemala. BMNH. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 60.
Piruna aea aea (Dyar); Lamas, 2004: 60.

Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page.
Dyar, H.G. 1912. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42: 39–106. BHL. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Freeman, H. A., 1979. Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 52: 1-13. 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.