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]

Three-spotted skipper, Cymaenes tripunctus

Three-spotted skipper, Cymaenes tripunctus

Cymaenes tripunctus
Scientific classification
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

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Cymaenes tripunctus:

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