Urothemis edwardsii
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| Urothemis edwardsii | |
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| In the Okavango Delta, Botswana | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Urothemis |
| Species: | U. edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849) | |
Urothemis edwardsii, or blue basker 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, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Urothemis edwardsii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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