Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) is a animal in the Hesperiidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

Cymaenes tripunctus is a species of grass skipper butterfly found across the Americas and the Caribbean.

Family
Genus
Cymaenes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

Cymaenes tripunctus, commonly called the three-spotted skipper or dingy dotted skipper, is a species of grass skipper belonging to the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This species can be found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America. Its scientific name is Cymaenes tripunctus, originally described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1865.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Cymaenes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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