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Evening Skimmer
Giovanni Marques de Castro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Dragonflies & damselflies

Evening Skimmer

Tholymis citrina Hagen, 1867

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishEvening Skimmer
DutchCitroenvlekje
SpanishRayadora crepuscular
Chinese柑云斑蜻
Scientific nameTholymis citrina Hagen, 1867

About this species

Tholymis citrina, the evening skimmer, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

The IUCN conservation status of Tholymis citrina is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyLibellulidae
GenusTholymis

In Suriname

107Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1938First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne3
  • Para3
  • Paramaribo2
  • Sipaliwini2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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