Trithemis aconita
Trithemis aconita, the monkshood dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2] It is found in Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.
| Trithemis aconita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Trithemis |
| Species: | T. aconita |
| Binomial name | |
| Trithemis aconita Lieftinck, 1969 | |
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Trithemis aconita. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
- Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
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