Celithemis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Leucorrhiniinae
Genus: Celithemis
Species: C. amanda – C. bertha – C. elisa – C. eponina – C. fasciata – C. martha – C. ornata – C. verna
Name

Celithemis Hagen, 1861
Vernacular names
English: Pennants

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

Species include:[2]

Male	Female	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.

Notes

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)

References
Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
"North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Dunkle, Sidney W. (2000). Dragonflies through Binoculars. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511268-7.