Fauna - Vertebrates

Brachythemis leucosticta - Southern Banded Groundling

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Brachythemis leucosticta
Southern Banded Groundling

More information on this species

Photographer/Source: Kate Braun - Available for use provided the source is quoted.


(Photo for illustration only, not taken in Eswatini)

Features
charcoal thorax and abdomen (male)

charcoal thorax and abdomen (male)

black band on wings, yellowish pterostigmas (male)

black band on wings, yellowish pterostigmas (male)

yellow and brown thorax and abdomen (female)

yellow and brown thorax and abdomen (female)

yellowish pterostigmas, dark brown in outer edge (female)

yellowish pterostigmas, dark brown in outer edge (female)

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



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