Fauna - Vertebrates

Trithemis kirbyi - Orange-winged Dropwing

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Trithemis kirbyi
Orange-winged Dropwing

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
wings with red veins and large orange splashes on all four wings (male)

wings with red veins and large orange splashes on all four wings (male)

body orange-red, tip of abdomen with black dashes (male)

body orange-red, tip of abdomen with black dashes (male)

short dark reddish brown pterostigmas with orange edges (male)

short dark reddish brown pterostigmas with orange edges (male)

yellowish brown, with black stripe along side of abdomen, hindwings with faint spotty basal amber patch  (female)

yellowish brown, with black stripe along side of abdomen, hindwings with faint spotty basal amber patch (female)

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



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