-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)

-Metalmark Butterflies (Family Riodinidae)

-True Metalmarks (Subfamily Riodininae)

-Tribe Nymphidiini

-Subtribe Lemoniadina

-Genus Synargis

-Rusty Metalmark (Synargis mycone)

Synargis mycone is a a metalmark butterfly in the family Riodinidae. Males are rusty, reddish brown on the dorsal side. Females have a large white stripe across both the hindwings and forewings. Found primarily in tropical and subtropical regions ranging from Mexico through Central America to Colombia.