Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832) is a animal in the Libellulidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)

Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)

Rhyothemis semihyalina, the Phantom Flutterer, is a Libellulidae dragonfly found across much of Africa and nearby islands.

Family
Genus
Rhyothemis
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)

Rhyothemis semihyalina, commonly known as the Phantom Flutterer, is a dragonfly species that belongs to the family Libellulidae. This species has been recorded in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It may also be present in Burundi. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Libellulidae Rhyothemis

More from Libellulidae

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

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