• 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 Erynnini

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Tribe Erynnini is represented by a rich diversity of skipper butterflies that inhabit habitats ranging from arid thorn scrub and tropical dry forests to pine-oak woodlands and cloud forests. These butterflies are typically small to medium-sized, with mottled brown, grey, or black wings that blend well with bark, rocks, and dead leaves, making them difficult to detect when at rest. Many species are active during warm, sunny conditions and fly rapidly along forest edges, trails, and clearings.