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Tropical King Skimmers
Orthemis
Orthemis is a genus of large Neotropical dragonflies, commonly called Tropical King Skimmers. The males are generally red and the females brown.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Roseate Skimmer
speciesOrthemis ferruginea
Carmine Skimmer
speciesOrthemis discolor
Orthemis nodiplaga
speciesOrthemis nodiplaga
Red-tailed Skimmer
speciesOrthemis schmidti
Side-striped Skimmer
speciesOrthemis aequilibris
Swamp Skimmer
speciesOrthemis cultriformis
Slender Skimmer
speciesOrthemis levis
Lesser Antillean Skimmer
speciesOrthemis macrostigma
Brown-and-red Skimmer
speciesOrthemis ambinigra
Yellow-lined Skimmer
speciesOrthemis biolleyi
Orthemis attenuata
speciesOrthemis attenuata
Orthemis concolor
speciesOrthemis concolor
Orthemis sulphurata
speciesOrthemis sulphurata
Orthemis regalis
speciesOrthemis regalis
Orthemis ambirufa
speciesOrthemis ambirufa
Orthemis faaseni
speciesOrthemis faaseni
Orthemis anthracina
speciesOrthemis anthracina
Garrison's Skimmer
speciesOrthemis garrisoni
Orthemis paulsoni
speciesOrthemis paulsoni
Orthemis philipi
speciesOrthemis philipi
Orthemis cinnamomea
speciesOrthemis cinnamomea
Orthemis coracina
speciesOrthemis coracina
Orthemis tambopatae
speciesOrthemis tambopatae
Reddish-brown Skimmer
speciesOrthemis aciculata
Orthemis flavopicta
speciesOrthemis flavopicta
Orthemis celata
speciesOrthemis celata
Orthemis harpago
speciesOrthemis harpago
Orthemis teres
speciesOrthemis teres
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68234.