Orthetrum

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Male Orthetrum caledonicum
Male Orthetrum caledonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species

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Orthetrum is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family. It is a very large genus, with more than 80 species, spread across the Old World.

[edit] Species

  • Orthetrum abbotti (Calvert 1892)
  • Orthetrum africanum (Selys,1887)
  • Orthetrum albistylum (Selys,1848)
  • Orthetrum anceps (Schneider 1845)
  • Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur,1842)
  • Orthetrum austeni (Kirby, 1900)
  • Orthetrum austrosundanum (Lieftinck, 1953)
  • Orthetrum azureum (Rambur,1842)
  • Orthetrum balteatum (Lieftinck, 1933)
  • Orthetrum borneense (Kimmins, 1936)
  • Orthetrum boumiera (Watson & Arthington, 1978)
  • Orthetrum brachiale (Beauvois, 1805)
  • Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
  • Orthetrum caffrum (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Orthetrum caledonicum (Brauer, 1865)
  • Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)
  • Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Orthetrum icteromelas (Ris,1910)
  • Orthetrum migratum (Lieftinck, 1951)
  • Orthetrum pruinosum (Rambur, 1842)
  • Orthetrum s. sabina (Drury, 1770)
  • Orthetrum serapia (Watson, 1984)
  • Orthetrum testaceum (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Orthetrum trinacria (Sélys, 1841)
  • Orthetrum v. villosovittatum (Brauer, 1868)

(Note: This list is currently incomplete.)


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