- Crocothemis sanguinolenta
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Crocothemis sanguinolenta Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Libellulidae Genus: Crocothemis Species: C. sanguinolenta Binomial name Crocothemis sanguinolenta
(Burmeister, 1839)Crocothemis sanguinolenta is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.
Common names for this species include Little Scarlet, Slim Scarlet-darter and Small Scarlet.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Crocothemis sanguinolenta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.
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