Orthetrum abbotti
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| Orthetrum abbotti | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Orthetrum |
| Species: | O. abbotti |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthetrum abbotti Calvert, 1892 | |
Orthetrum abbotti is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. 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, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Orthetrum abbotti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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