Orthetrum sabina

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Orthetrum sabina
Orthetrum sabina male, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species: O. sabina
Binomial name
Orthetrum sabina
(Drury, 1770)

Orthetrum sabina, the Slender Skimmer[1] or Green Marsh Hawk,[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found from southeastern Europe and North Africa to Japan and south to Australia and Micronesia. [1]

Orthetrum sabina feeding Neurothemis fulvia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mitra, A. (2009). "Orthetrum sabina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
  2. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India. 

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