Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912)

Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912)

Piruna aea, the many-spotted skipperling, is an intermediate skipper found in Central and North America.

Family
Genus
Piruna
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912)

Piruna aea (Dyar, 1912), commonly known as the many-spotted skipperling, is a species of intermediate skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It can be found in Central America and North America. Its assigned MONA (Hodges) number is 3986.1.

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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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