-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)

-Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

-Tribe Carcharodini

-Scallopwings (Genus Staphylus)

-West-Mexican Sootywing (Staphylus tierra)

The West-Mexican Sootywing (Staphylus tierra) is a small, dark skipper butterfly primarily found in the western regions of Mexico. It belongs to the family Hesperiidae (skippers). Like most members of the Staphylus genus, it is a small, dark brown or blackish butterfly. Its primary distribution is along the western coast of Mexico, spanning from Sonora south to Chiapas.