• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

• Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

• Skipper Butterflies (Family Theclinae)

• Spread-wing Skippers (Subfamily Pyrginae)

• Tribe Pyrgini

• Genus Burnsius

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Genus Burnsius is a genus of small to medium-sized skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. These butterflies are recognized by their dark brown to black wings marked with contrasting white or pale cream checkered spots, giving them a distinctive mosaic appearance. Adults are fast, low-flying insects commonly found in open habitats such as grasslands, roadsides, agricultural fields, gardens, scrublands, and tropical dry forests, where they frequently visit flowers for nectar.