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Widows

Palpopleura

Palpopleura is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Lucia Widow

speciesPalpopleura lucia

Portia Widow

speciesPalpopleura portia

Asian Widow

speciesPalpopleura sexmaculata

Silver Widow

speciesPalpopleura vestita

Yellow-veined Widow

speciesPalpopleura jucunda

Deceptive Widow

speciesPalpopleura deceptor

Pale-faced Widow

speciesPalpopleura albifrons

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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 90632.