Trithemis kirbyi

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Trithemis kirbyi
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Libellulidae Genus: Trithemis Species: T. kirbyi
Binomial name
Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891

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.

[edit] Source

• Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Trithemis kirbyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.