• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

• Butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea)

• Skipper Butterflies (Family Theclinae)

• Grass Skippers (Subfamily Hesperiinae)

• Tribe Hesperiini

• Genus Calpodes

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Genus Calpodes is a small genus of robust skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout the tropical and subtropical Americas, recognized by its dark brown wings marked with pale translucent spots and its rapid, powerful flight. Adults are commonly found in gardens, forest edges, wetlands, tropical forests, and disturbed habitats, where they visit flowers for nectar.