genus

Metallic Pennants

Idiataphe

Field notes

Idiataphe is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. The species are medium-sized, 34–42 millimetres (1.3–1.7 in) long. They occur from northeastern Argentina, through Brazil and the Antilles to Florida.

The genus contains the following species:

Idiataphe amazonica (Kirby, 1889)

Idiataphe batesi (Ris, 1913)

Idiataphe cubensis (Scudder, 1866) – metallic pennant

Idiataphe longipes (Hagen, 1861)

Children

Metallic Pennant native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native metallic pennants All

Native to the US, by observations.

Metallic Pennant Idiataphe cubensis 845 observations