Trithemis kirbyi

Taxobox
name = "Trithemis kirbyi"

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image_width = 240px
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Odonata
familia = Libellulidae
genus = "Trithemis"
species = "T. kirbyi"
binomial = "Trithemis kirbyi"
binomial_authority = Selys, 1891
synonyms =

Orange-winged Dropwing ("Trithemis kirbyi") is a species of dragonfly in 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 common in southern Europe, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean Islands and South Asia - India.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, and inland karsts.

ource

* Clausnitzer, V. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60062/all "Trithemis kirbyi"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 10 August 2007.