Orthetrum machadoi

Orthetrum machadoi, common name highland skimmer or Machado's skimmer,[2][3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Orthetrum machadoi
Immature male
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O. machadoi
Binomial name
Orthetrum machadoi
Longfield, 1955

References

  1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Suhling, F. (2016). "Orthetrum machadoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T59959A85926410. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59959A85926410.en.
  2. Species list seen on tour.
  3. Tarboton, Warwick. "Orthetrum machadoi". Southern African Dragonflies and Damselflies. Retrieved 24 April 2017.


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