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Small Pennants
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Small Pennants

Celithemis

Celithemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are known commonly as pennants. There are eight species in this monophyletic genus. They are mainly distributed in eastern North America.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Halloween Pennant

speciesCelithemis eponina

Calico Pennant

speciesCelithemis elisa

Banded Pennant

speciesCelithemis fasciata

Ornate Pennant

speciesCelithemis ornata

Amanda's Pennant

speciesCelithemis amanda

Martha's Pennant

speciesCelithemis martha

Double-ringed Pennant

speciesCelithemis verna

Red-veined Pennant

speciesCelithemis bertha

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50148.