-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 Falgina

-Genus Synapte

-Southwest-Mexican Faceted Skipper (Synapte silna)

The Southwest-Mexican Faceted-Skipper (Synapte silna) is a rare and localized butterfly endemic to the southwestern regions of Mexico. Like other members of the Synapte genus, it is a small, stout-bodied butterfly with the rapid and erratic flight pattern characteristic of the Hesperiidae family.