-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 Calpodina

-Genus Carystus

-Lota Skipper (Carystus lota)

The Argon lota (Lota Skipper) butterfly is a grass skipper that is found in the tropical areas of South and Central America. This species has unique brown patterned wings. Its diet consists of the nectar from flowers and other vegetation. It usually lives in tropical forested areas and is known to range from Mexico to Argentina.