Celithemis Knowpia

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.^[1]

Species edit

Species include:^[2]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Celithemis amanda (Hagen, 1861)	Amanda's pennant	southeastern United States
Celithemis bertha Williamson, 1922	red-veined pennant	North America.
Celithemis elisa (Hagen, 1861)	calico pennant	eastern Canada and eastern United States.
Celithemis eponina (Drury, 1773)	Halloween pennant	eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the United States as far west as Colorado.
Celithemis fasciata Kirby, 1889	banded pennant	United States
Celithemis martha Williamson, 1922	Martha's pennant	North America
Celithemis ornata (Rambur, 1842)	ornate pennant	Central America, North America, and South America
Celithemis verna Pritchard, 1935	double-ringed pennant	North America.

^ Baskinger, G. M., J. L. Ware, D. D. Kornell, M. L. May, and K. M. Kjer. (2008). A phylogeny of Celithemis inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data and morphology (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica 37(2) 101-109.
^ Celithemis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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