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Cymaenes tripunctus

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Cymaenes tripunctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Cymaenes
Species:
C. tripunctus
Binomial name
Cymaenes tripunctus

Cymaenes tripunctus, known generally as the three-spotted skipper or dingy dotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Cymaenes tripunctus is 3996.[4]

Three-spotted skipper, Cymaenes tripunctus
Three-spotted skipper, Cymaenes tripunctus

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Cymaenes tripunctus:

  • Cymaenes tripunctus theogenis Capronnier, 1874
  • Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

References

  1. ^ "Cymaenes tripunctus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Cymaenes tripunctus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cymaenes tripunctus". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading