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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Cymaenes |
| Species: | C. tripunctus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
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Subspecies edit
These two subspecies belong to the species Cymaenes tripunctus:
- Cymaenes tripunctus theogenis Capronnier, 1874
- Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
References edit
- ^ "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.
Further reading edit
- 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.
External links edit
Media related to Cymaenes tripunctus at Wikimedia Commons
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