Biology:Cymaenes tripunctus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cymaenes tripunctus
Three-spotted Skipper - Cymaenes tripunctus, Big Cypress National Preserve, Ochopee, Florida - 16281224414.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Cymaenes
Species:
C. tripunctus
Binomial name
Cymaenes tripunctus
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Cobalus tripunctus Herrich-Schäffer, 1865

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]

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

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13508533 entry