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Convict Skimmers
Cannaphila
Cannaphila is a small Neotropical genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. They are commonly called narrow-winged skimmers. One species, C. insularis, occurs in North America. There are three species.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Gray-waisted Skimmer
speciesCannaphila insularis
Blue-tailed Skimmer
speciesCannaphila vibex
Morton's Skimmer
speciesCannaphila mortoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 87203.