-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 Eudamina

-Genus Spathilepia

-Falcate Skipper (Spathilepia clonius)

Seen year-round in Mexico and Central America. Typicall found in dense undergrowth at the edge of woods. Identified by their dark brown upperwings with a bold white diagonal band across the upper and lower surfaces of the forewing. Adults are nectar feeders. Caterpillars found on legumes of various genera.