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Celithemis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Epiprocta

Family
  
Libellulidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Infraorder
  
Anisoptera

Scientific name
  
Celithemis

Higher classification
  
Libellulidae

Order
  
Odonate


Lower classifications
  
Halloween pennant, Celithemis elisa, Celithemis fasciata, Amanda's pennant

Calico pennant dragonfly libellulidae celithemis elisa female on plant


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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Celithemis Photos of the dragonfly Celithemis martha Martha39s Pennant

Species include:

  • Celithemis amanda (Hagen, 1861) – Amanda's pennant
  • Celithemis bertha Williamson, 1922 – red-veined pennant
  • Celithemis elisa (Hagen, 1861) – calico pennant
  • Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773) – Halloween pennant
  • Celithemis fasciata Kirby, 1889 – banded pennant
  • Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922 – Martha's pennant
  • Celithemis ornata (Rambur, 1842) – ornate pennant
  • Celithemis verna Pritchard, 1935 – double-ringed pennant

    • Halloween pennant celithemis eponina hanging on


    Celithemis bandedpennant0606172879caswellzjpg

    Celithemis francoise1unblogfrfiles201303celithemisjpg

    Celithemis Celithemis eponina Halloween pennant Discover Life

    Celithemis Backyard bug profile Celithemis eponina Benweb 32

    References

    Celithemis Wikipedia
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