About Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872)
Urothemis assignata, commonly known as the red basker, is a dragonfly species belonging to the family Libellulidae. This species has been recorded in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; its presence in Burundi is considered possible. Its natural habitats include rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
