Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) - Eswatini's Biodiversity Explorer

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Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata

Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings

Acisoma inflatum
Stout Pintail

Brachythemis lacustris
Red Groundling

Brachythemis leucosticta
Southern Banded Groundling

Bradinopyga cornuta
Horned Rockdweller

Crocothemis erythraea
Broad Scarlet

Crocothemis sanguinolenta
Little Scarlet

Diplacodes lefebvrii
Black Percher

Nesciothemis farinosa
Eastern Blacktail

Notiothemis jonesi
Eastern Forestwatcher

Orthetrum abbotti
Little Skimmer

Orthetrum caffrum
Two-Striped Skimmer

Orthetrum chrysostigma
Epaulet Skimmer

Orthetrum hintzi
Dark-shouldered Skimmer

Orthetrum icteromelas
Spectacled Skimmer

Orthetrum julia falsum
Julia Skimmer

Orthetrum machadoi
Highland Skimmer

Orthetrum stemmale
Bold Skimmer

Orthetrum trinacria
Long Skimmer

Palpopleura deceptor
Deceptive Widow

Palpopleura jucunda
Yellow-Veined Widow

Palpopleura lucia
Lucia Widow

Palpopleura portia
Portia Widow

Pantala flavescens
Wandering Glider

Rhyothemis semihyalina
Phantom Flutterer

Sympetrum fonscolombii
Red-veined Darter or Nomad

Tetrathemis polleni
Black-splashed Elf

Tramea basilaris
Keyhole Glider

Tramea limbata
Ferruginous Glider

Trithemis annulata
Violet Dropwing

Trithemis arteriosa
Red-veined Dropwing

Trithemis dorsalis
Highland Dropwing

Trithemis furva
Navy Dropwing

Trithemis kirbyi
Orange-winged Dropwing

Trithemis pluvialis
Russet Dropwing

Trithemis stictica
Jaunty Dropwing

Zygonoides fuelleborni
Southern Riverking

Zygonyx natalensis
Blue Cascader

Zygonyx torridus
Ringed Cascader

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