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Tholymis
Sign in to saveTholymis is a genus of medium-sized dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Species of Tholymis are tropical, active mostly at dawn and dusk.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyLibellulidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Collections
- AM, INHS, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Brazil, India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Libellulidae
- Image
- Cloudwing bangalore2.jpg
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- Tholymis
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- Tholymis
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Tholymis
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Tholymis is a genus of medium-sized dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. Species of Tholymis are tropical, active mostly at dawn and dusk.
==Species== The genus Tholymis includes the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px|| ||Tholymis citrina ||Evening Skimmer || Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. |- |120px||120px ||Tholymis tillarga ||Twister, Coral-tailed Cloud Wing || tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. |- |}
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