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Philogenia
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Philogenia

Argiolestinae is a subfamily of damselflies. They belong to the flatwing damselfly family, Argiolestidae. Like their relatives but unlike damselflies of other families, they usually spread their hindwings horizontally when resting. It is the largest subfamily in Argiolestidae, making up almost three-quarters of the family's species, found primarily in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia.

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39 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 39 known species

Costa Rican Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia carrillica

Golfo Dulce Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia championi

Philogenia elisabeta

speciesPhilogenia elisabeta

Blue Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia peacocki

Limon Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia expansa

Philogenia cristalina

speciesPhilogenia cristalina

Philogenia helena

speciesPhilogenia helena

Philogenia monotis

speciesPhilogenia monotis

Philogenia martae

speciesPhilogenia martae

Philogenia redunca

speciesPhilogenia redunca

August's Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia augusti

Philogenia nemesioi

speciesPhilogenia nemesioi

Leonora's Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia leonora

Philogenia minteri

speciesPhilogenia minteri

Honduran Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia strigilis

Philogenia mangosisa

speciesPhilogenia mangosisa

Philogenia raphaella

speciesPhilogenia raphaella

Zetek's Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia zeteki

Philogenia buenavista

speciesPhilogenia buenavista

Philogenia umbrosa

speciesPhilogenia umbrosa

Terraba Flatwing

speciesPhilogenia terraba

Philogenia margarita

speciesPhilogenia margarita

Philogenia macuma

speciesPhilogenia macuma

Philogenia schmidti

speciesPhilogenia schmidti

Philogenia peruviana

speciesPhilogenia peruviana

Philogenia lankesteri

speciesPhilogenia lankesteri

Philogenia iquita

speciesPhilogenia iquita

Philogenia ebona

speciesPhilogenia ebona

Philogenia compressa

speciesPhilogenia compressa

Philogenia berenice

speciesPhilogenia berenice

Philogenia boliviana

speciesPhilogenia boliviana

Philogenia cassandra

speciesPhilogenia cassandra

Philogenia silvarum

speciesPhilogenia silvarum

Philogenia sucra

speciesPhilogenia sucra

Philogenia marinasilva

speciesPhilogenia marinasilva

Philogenia realpei

speciesPhilogenia realpei

Philogenia polyxena

speciesPhilogenia polyxena

Philogenia gaiae

speciesPhilogenia gaiae

Philogenia ferox

speciesPhilogenia ferox

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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 91008.