🦋 Family

Synthemistidae

13 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Odonata › Synthemistidae

Archaeosynthemis leachii (Selys, 1871)

Archaeosynthemis leachii, the twinspot tigertail, is a medium-sized black and yellow dragonfly found in south-western Australia.

Eusynthemis aurolineata (Tillyard, 1913)

Eusynthemis aurolineata, the variable tigertail, is a black-and-yellow medium-sized dragonfly found in eastern Australia.

Eusynthemis tillyardi Theischinger, 1995

Eusynthemis tillyardi, the mountain tigertail, is a black and yellow medium-sized dragonfly native to southeastern Australia.

Eusynthemis guttata (Selys, 1871)

Eusynthemis guttata, the southern tigertail, is a medium-sized black-and-yellow dragonfly found in alpine streams of southeastern Australia.

Eusynthemis brevistyla (Selys, 1871)

Eusynthemis brevistyla, the small tigertail, is a marked black-and-yellow dragonfly found in streams of southeastern Australia.

Eusynthemis virgula (Selys, 1874)

Eusynthemis virgula, the golden tigertail, is a medium-sized black-and-yellow dragonfly native to streams of southeastern Australia.

Eusynthemis nigra (Tillyard, 1906)

Eusynthemis nigra, the black tigertail, is a medium-sized dragonfly living in eastern Australian streams.

Parasynthemis regina (Selys, 1874)

Parasynthemis regina, the royal tigertail, is a black-and-yellow dragonfly found in eastern Australian still waters and swamps.

Synthemis tasmanica Tillyard, 1910

Synthemis tasmanica, the Tasmanian swamp tigertail, is a black-and-yellow marked dragonfly found in Tasmania, Australia.

Synthemis eustalacta (Burmeister, 1839)

The swamp tigertail (Synthemis eustalacta) is a black-and-yellow marked dragonfly found in southeastern Australia's streams and rivers.

Choristhemis flavoterminata (Martin, 1901)

The yellow-tipped tigertail (Choristhemis flavoterminata) is a Synthemistidae dragonfly found in eastern Australian streams and rivers.

Tonyosynthemis claviculata (Tillyard, 1909)

The clavicle tigertail (Tonyosynthemis claviculata) is a dragonfly species found in eastern Queensland, Australia.

Syncordulia gracilis (Burmeister, 1839)

Syncordulia gracilis is a rare vulnerable dragonfly endemic to South Africa, with distinct yellow patterning and montane stream habitats.

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