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Pentaphlebia

Pentaphlebia is the sole genus of damselflies in the family Pentaphlebiidae, one of three families in the superfamily Tatocnemidoidea. The genus occurs in tropical forests of west-central Africa and currently contains three described species.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Pentaphlebia stahli

speciesPentaphlebia stahli

Pentaphlebia mangana

speciesPentaphlebia mangana

Pentaphlebia gamblesi

speciesPentaphlebia gamblesi

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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 90910.