Fauna - Vertebrates

Trithemis pluvialis - Russet Dropwing

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Trithemis pluvialis
Russet Dropwing

More information on this species

Male

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


Features
body orange to reddish, small rounded splash on base of hindwing (male)

body orange to reddish, small rounded splash on base of hindwing (male)

body mottled yellowish, orange and dark brown, faint small orange splash on base of hindwing (female)

body mottled yellowish, orange and dark brown, faint small orange splash on base of hindwing (female)

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



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