Trithemis stictica

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Trithemis stictica
Male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
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

  • Female Jaunty Dropwing
    Female Jaunty Dropwing

References

<ref> 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.

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