Pokemon Fan Designs Convergent Species Based on Lilligant, Musharna, and Polteageist

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A creative member of the Pokemon community has shared a variety of their own fantastic custom designs featuring new convergent species of Pokemon which are intended to be related to Lilligant, Musharna, and Polteageist. Though the concept of convergent Pokemon was only introduced in the most recent generation of Pokemon games, it didn't take long for the artistic side of the franchise's community to adopt the idea for use in their own creature designs.

Unlike the phenomenon of regional variants which have been popular since their introduction in the Pokemon Sun and Moon games, convergent Pokemon represent species which are morphologically similar to others that fans are familiar with, but are nonetheless unrelated from an evolutionary point of view. The term «convergent Pokemon» is commonly used for these species in reference to the real-world phenomenon of convergent evolution. These convergent Pokemon also aren't to be confused with Paradox Pokemon, which, while also representing evolutionarily distinct Pokemon which bear striking similarities to various well-known species, have their origins in alternate timelines altogether.

Still, the few examples of convergent Pokemon species in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet have done much to inspire fan artists. One such artist known online as SayuriKoopa has created a few new convergent species based on Lilligant, Musharna, and Polteageist, with the designs rapidly garnering fans' attention online. These impressive illustrations feature convergent forms for the pre-evolutions for each of these Pokemon too. Peticlil and Cliligant represent the artist's take on new Fairy and Water-type offshoots of the Lilligant family, the adorable Nemuna and Munyarna designs put a new spin on Munna and its evolution by granting them the Psychic and Flying-type, and Siniswan and Possungeist offer new variants of the Sinistea family, using the Ghost and Water-type.

Though fans have seen few official examples of convergent Pokemon species in the