Elignatidae

Elignatidae is a small family of dragons, characterised by an extremely slender, whip-like tail.

Elignatids are found across the Milky Way, nature, and earth magics. Often born with ties to fire, these dragons typically inhabit hot, volcanic planets.

Taxonomy

Elignatids are one of two families in the order Elignatiformes. With thirty species, it is one of the smallest families. They're closely related to Plumeridae, feathertail dragons.

Anatomy

These dragons typically have a wyvern's body plan, with a slender body, two legs, a large head, slender tail, and large wings that serve as arms. Most species are brightly coloured with triangular, ribbed scales.

Brown Mothwing by Mochi

All species are sexually dimorphic, exhibiting unique patterns between males and females. Mothwings are the most distinctly dimorphic, males having brown wings while females have a bright pink and yellow.

The whip-like tail is the distinctive feature in all Elignatids. Threadtails have the longest tail in proportion to the body, with the tail three times the length of the torso.

The smallest dragon in this genus is the pygmy threadtail measuring in at just five feet, including the tail. The largest species is the great dusktail, with a wingspan of almost a hundred feet.

Genuses & Species

(This list is incomplete!)

Allapapilla

Mothwings are typically associated with nature and earth magics.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
A. acanthinus	Thorny Mothwing	Gorsona, Adamne
A. collulaquearia	Frilled Mothwing	Southern Terasa, Norrab
A. fuscii	Brown Mothwing	Southern Agaria, Emycelium
A. labeslutis	Mudslide Mothwing	Titani, Adamne
A. marinus	Marine Mothwing	Global, Elepora
A. tigrimitis	Tigress Mothwing	Spirit Isles, Emycelium
A. sollicitus	Concerned Mothwing	Global, Temperil

Secaudasaurigna

Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
S. aranadaxa	Wiretail	Scorched Lands, Nalmaria
S. densacuta	Sharptooth wiretail	Chrihaia Lake, Hell
S. ingens	Giant Wiretail	Dragon Forest, Osao
S. regalia	Regal wiretail	Jaicha Cave System, Cavotov

Serpecaudata

There are nine species of threadtail, all native to Dracosei besides one.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
S. etreaensis	Etrean threadtail	Etrea, Dracosei
S. festiva	Festive threadtail	Northern Maerkhor, Dracosei
S. jovii	Jovian threadtail	Sun-Scattered Mountains, Jupiter
S. pellidensa	Woolly threadtail	Northern Maerkhor, Dracosei
S. pygmaeus	Pygmy threadtail	Platus Sea, Otonan
S. solisorgana	Sunspot threadtail	Red Rock Island, Dracosei
S. tropicaci	Blue-striped threadtail	Botanic Bogs, Dracosei
S. vulgaris	Common threadtail	Botanic Bogs, Dracosei
S. wellosonnii	Wellosonn's Threadtail	Wellosonn's Archipelago, Dracosei

Genetic Descendants

• Threadtail
• Wiretail

Scientific Name

Elignatidae

Geographic Distribution

• Dracosei
• Elepora
• Emycelium
• Hell
• Nalmaria
• Norrab
• Osao
• Otonan

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Scientific Classification

Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class Saurigna
Order - Elignatiformes
Family - Elignatidae

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