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African Demoiselles
Phaon
In Greek mythology, Phaon (Ancient Greek: Φάων, romanized: Pháōn, lit. 'radiant') is an old and ugly boatman from the island of Lesbos who was given youth and beauty by the goddess Aphrodite when he ferried her with his boat without payment. Some legends associated him with the Archaic poetess Sappho as her unrequited love that she killed herself over. Phaon appeared in Attic comedies of the fifth century BC which are now lost.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Glistening Demoiselle
speciesPhaon iridipennis
Madagascar demoiselle
speciesPhaon rasoherinae
Emerald Demoiselle
speciesPhaon camerunensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Phaon in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 90986.