-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

-Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

-Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

-Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)..................................................................

-Tribe Achlyodini

-Subtribe Pythonidina

-Genus Quadrus

-Common Blue-Skipper (Quadrus cerialis)

The Common Blue-Skipper (Quadrus cerialis), is a widespread Neotropical butterfly belonging to the spread-wing skipper subfamily (Pyrginae). Like most skippers, it has a robust, thick, and somewhat "fuzzy" body with large eyes. The Common Blue-Skipper is a Neotropical species found across a broad range from Mexico to Argentina.