• 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)

• Subfamily Pyrginae

​

Subfamily Pyrginae is a subfamily of skipper butterflies within the family Hesperiidae, commonly known as the spread-wing skippers because many species rest with their wings held flat and open rather than folded upright. Members of Pyrginae are generally small to medium-sized butterflies characterized by robust bodies, hooked antennae, rapid flight, and wings marked with mottled brown, grey, black, or white patterns that provide effective camouflage.