Pantala flavescens  (Fabricius, 1798)

Wandering Glider
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Kingdom: Animalia
​Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
​Suborder: Epiprocta
Family: ​​Libellulidae
Genus: Pantala
​Species: flavescens

  • Common names: Wandering Glider
  • Thai Names: แมลงปอบ้านแผ่นปีกกว้าง, แมลงปอบ้านหางแหลม
  • Distribution: Africa, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas; Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Polynesia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United States, Hawaiian Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, ​Vietnam.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum (Cheelong), Chiang Mai (A.Muang)​, Chonburi (Pattaya)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Pantala flavescens from Thailand.
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Chiang Mai
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Chiang Mai
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Chiang Mai
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Chiang Mai
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Chaiyaphum July
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Cheelong Chaiyaphum July
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Pattaya Chonburi October
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Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) Pattaya Chonburi October
References: 
​Dragonflies & Damselflies of Thailand
Boudot, J.-P., Clausnitzer, V., Samraoui, B., Suhling, F., Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Schneider, W. & Paulson, D.R. 2016. Pantala flavescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T59971A65818523. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59971A65818523.en. Downloaded on 18 December 2018.