Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur), 1842 is a animal in the Libellulidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur), 1842

Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur), 1842

Orthetrum angustiventre is a Libellulidae dragonfly found across much of sub-Saharan Africa in moist lowland forests.

Family
Genus
Orthetrum
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur), 1842

Orthetrum angustiventre (Rambur), 1842 is a dragonfly species that belongs to the family Libellulidae. This species has been confirmed to occur in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia, and its presence is possible in Tanzania. The natural habitat of Orthetrum angustiventre is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Photo: (c) ONG OeBenin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by ONG OeBenin · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Libellulidae Orthetrum

More from Libellulidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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