Schinia ferrisi is a member of the kingdom Animalia, under the Insecta class of the order Lepidoptera,  an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths with 180,000 discovered species.
Kingdom: Animalia Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Lepidoptera (/lpdptr/ LEP-i-DOP-tr-, from Ancient Greek lepis "scale" + pteron "wing") is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 per cent of the total described species of living organisms. 
