kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 >
superfamily: Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 >
family: Erebidae >
subfamily: Arctiinae Leach, 1815 >
tribe: Arctiini Leach, 1815 >
genus: Amaxia Walker, 1855 >
species: Amaxia chaon Druce, 1883 >