Fauna - Vertebrates

Trithemis annulata - Violet Dropwing

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Trithemis annulata
Violet Dropwing

More information on this species

Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis


Features
pinkish violet on thorax and abdomen, orange-brown splash at base of hind wing, wing veins red (male)

pinkish violet on thorax and abdomen, orange-brown splash at base of hind wing, wing veins red (male)

dark brown and yellow on thorax and abdomen, orange-brown splash at base of hind wing, wing veins not red (female)

dark brown and yellow on thorax and abdomen, orange-brown splash at base of hind wing, wing veins not red (female)

More photos on other websites:
Look for Trithemis_annulata on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
 



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