Brachythemis leucosticta

Brachythemis leucosticta, the banded groundling, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Brachythemis leucosticta
Male, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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B. leucosticta
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Brachythemis leucosticta
(Burmeister, 1839)
immature male

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