Trithemis kirbyi
| Trithemis kirbyi | |
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| male, Tsumeb, Namibia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Trithemis |
| Species: | T. kirbyi |
| Binomial name | |
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Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Trithemis kirbyi ardens (Gerstäcker, 1891) |
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Trithemis kirbyi ardens (Gerstäcker, 1891)
Trithemis kirbyi, also known as the orange-winged dropwing,scarlet rock glider, or Kirby's dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. It is also present in southern Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Ocean Islands and South Asia up to India.
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