Trithemis annulata

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Trithemis annulata

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Trithemis
Species: T. annulata
Binomial name
Trithemis annulata
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)

Trithemis annulata is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae.

It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.It was also recently recorded in the Maltese islands in 2005 and found breeding in 2007

reference:

Sciberras A,Sciberras J &Magro D.(2007) A Celebration of Dragonflies. The Malta Independent. November 19th pgs.8-9.