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]
| Cymaenes tripunctus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Cymaenes |
| Species: | C. tripunctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) | |
The MONA or Hodges number for Cymaenes tripunctus is 3996.[4]
Three-spotted skipper, Cymaenes tripunctus
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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
- "Cymaenes tripunctus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Cymaenes tripunctus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Cymaenes tripunctus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cymaenes tripunctus". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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