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Sprites
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Sprites

Nehalennia

Nehalennia is a genus of very small damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Most of the species are commonly known as Sprites. One species, N. speciosa occurs in Eurasia; the rest in North and South America.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Sedge Sprite

speciesNehalennia irene

Sphagnum Sprite

speciesNehalennia gracilis

Southern Sprite

speciesNehalennia integricollis

Everglades Sprite

speciesNehalennia pallidula

Sedgling

speciesNehalennia speciosa

Tropical Sprite

speciesNehalennia minuta

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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 90167.