Fauna - Vertebrates

Trithemis furva - Navy Dropwing

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Trithemis furva
Navy Dropwing

More information on this species

Male and female

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


Features
body all dark blue, eyes dark purple-brown, lighter below (male)

body all dark blue, eyes dark purple-brown, lighter below (male)

yellow and brown, thorax with zigzagging black stripe along the sides (female)

yellow and brown, thorax with zigzagging black stripe along the sides (female)

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



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