-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)

-Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

-Tribe Hesperiini

-Subtribe Hesperiina

-​Genus Quasimellana

​​​​​​​​​​​​-Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius)

The Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius) is a small, pale orange-brown member of the grass skipper family (Hesperiidae). It is found from Paraguay in South America, north through Central America to northern Mexico. It favours open areas within subtropical thorn forests and similar humid, sunny clearings.