Sympetrum

 ( Animal Migration ) 

Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized Libellulidae dragonfly, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America. The more than 50 species predominantly live in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere; 15 species are native to North America. No Sympetrum species is native to Australia.

Most North American darters fly in late summer and autumn, breeding in and foraging over . Commonly, they are yellow-gold as juveniles, with mature males and some females becoming bright red on part or all of their bodies. An exception to this color scheme is the black darter ( Sympetrum danae).

The genus includes the following species:

• Sympetrum ambiguum – blue-faced meadowhawk
• Sympetrum anomalum
• Sympetrum arenicolor
• Sympetrum baccha
• Sympetrum chaconi
• Sympetrum commixtum
• Sympetrum cordulegaster
• Sympetrum corruptum – variegated meadowhawk
• Sympetrum costiferum – saffron-winged meadowhawk
• Sympetrum croceolum
• Sympetrum daliensis
• Sympetrum danae – black darter, black meadowhawk
• Sympetrum darwinianum
• Sympetrum depressiusculum – spotted darter
• Sympetrum dilatatum – St. Helena darter
• Sympetrum durum
• Sympetrum eroticum
• Sympetrum evanescens
• Sympetrum flaveolum – yellow-winged darter
• Sympetrum fonscolombii – red-veined darter, nomad
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• Sympetrum frequens Autumn Darter, Kochi
• Sympetrum gilvum
• Sympetrum gracile
• Sympetrum haematoneura
• Sympetrum haritonovi – dwarf darter
• Sympetrum himalayanum
• Sympetrum hypomelas
• Sympetrum illotum – cardinal meadowhawk
• Sympetrum imitans
• Sympetrum infuscatum
• Sympetrum internum – cherry-faced meadowhawk
• Sympetrum kunckeli
• Sympetrum maculatum
• Sympetrum madidum – red-veined meadowhawk
• Sympetrum meridionale – southern darter
• Sympetrum nigrifemur – island darter
• Sympetrum nigrocreatum – Talamanca meadowhawk
• Sympetrum nomurai
• Sympetrum obtrusum – white-faced meadowhawk
• Sympetrum orientale
• Sympetrum pallipes – striped meadowhawk
• Sympetrum paramo
• Sympetrum parvulum
• Sympetrum pedemontanum – banded darter
• Sympetrum risi
• Sympetrum roraimae
• Sympetrum rubicundulum – ruby meadowhawk
• Sympetrum ruptum
• Sympetrum sanguineum – ruddy darter
• Sympetrum semicinctum – band-winged meadowhawk
• Sympetrum signiferum
• Sympetrum sinaiticum – desert darter
• Sympetrum speciosum
• Sympetrum striolatum – common darter
• Sympetrum tibiale
• Sympetrum uniforme
• Sympetrum verum
• Sympetrum vicinum – yellow-legged meadowhawk, autumn meadowhawk
• Sympetrum villosum
• Sympetrum vulgatum – vagrant darter, moustached darter
• Sympetrum xiaoi