Trithemis stictica

Trithemis stictica
	Male
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Trithemis
Species:	T. stictica
Binomial name
	Trithemis stictica; (Burmeister, 1839)

Trithemis stictica, the Jaunty Dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater marshes.

Gallery

Female Jaunty Dropwing

References

Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Trithemis stictica
Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V (2015). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa. ISBN 978-94-91615-06-1.

<ref 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.

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[1] Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Trithemis stictica

[Dijkstra-2] Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V (2015). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa. ISBN 978-94-91615-06-1.