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Species Celithemis verna - Double-ringed Pennant

Double-ringed Pennant - Celithemis verna - female

Double-ringed Pennant - Celithemis verna - male - female

Double-ringed Pennant - Celithemis verna - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family Libellulidae (Skimmers)

Genus Celithemis (Pennants)

Species verna (Double-ringed Pennant)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Celithemis verna Pritchard, 1935

Size

Length 31-36 mm

Identification

Fully adult male distinct from other Celithemis: blue-black body with small dark marks on hindwings (1).

Range

Southeastern United States, most common in coastal plain; type specimen from Pushmataha County, Oklahoma (Essig Museum records)

Habitat

Lakes and ponds with emergent vegetation

Season

New Jersey: April-July; Georgia: April-June; flies mostly in spring (1)

Print References

Dunkle (2)

Dunkle (3)

Nikula (4)

Pritchard, A. Earl. Two new dragonflies from Oklahoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michiga: no. 319: 1-10, incl. pl. 1-1. (1935)--(original description).

Internet References

Giff Beaton's page including this species

Odonata of Texas

NJ Odes

Digital Dragonflies

Works Cited

1.	Dragonflies and damselflies of the East D. Paulson. 2012. Princeton University Press. 576 pp.

2.	Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America Sidney W. Dunkle. 2000. Oxford Press.

3.	Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas Sidney W. Dunkle. 1989. Scientific Publishers.

4.	Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies Donald and Lillian Stokes. 2002. Little, Brown and Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 16 May, 2004 - 9:38pm
Last updated 1 September, 2022 - 2:55pm

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