-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)

-Dicot Skippers (Subfamily Eudaminae)

-Tribe Eudamini

-Subtribe Telemiadina

-Genus Ectomis

-Subgenus Ectomis

-Eight-spotted Longtail (Ectomis octomaculata)

This butterfly gets its name from the eight prominent white or pale yellowish spots on its brown wings. Like other skippers, it has a rapid and erratic flight pattern. They are often seen near flowering plants where they feed on nectar, using their proboscis to reach deep into the flowers.