Trithemis stictica
| Trithemis stictica | |
|---|---|
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Trithemis |
| Species: | T. stictica |
| Binomial name | |
| Trithemis stictica (Burmeister, 1839) | |
Trithemis stictica, the Jaunty Dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
Distribution
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater marshes.
Gallery
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Female Jaunty Dropwing
References
- ↑ Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Trithemis stictica
- ↑ Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V (2015). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa. ISBN 978-94-91615-06-1.
<ref 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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