• 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 Pyrgini

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Tribe Pyrgini is a tribe of skipper butterflies within the subfamily Pyrginae of the family Hesperiidae. Commonly known as the checkered skippers and their relatives, members of this tribe are generally small to medium-sized butterflies characterized by stout bodies, hooked antennae, and wings marked with distinctive checkerboard patterns of white, grey, brown, or black scales. Many species rest with their wings spread flat, a typical feature of spread-wing skippers.