Aethriamanta brevipennis

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Scarlet marsh hawk
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Male, Sabah, Borneo
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female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Aethriamanta
Species:
A. brevipennis
Binomial name
Aethriamanta brevipennis
(Rambur, 1842)
Synonyms [2]
  • Libellula brevipennisRambur, 1842
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Aethriamanta brevipennis male

Aethriamanta brevipennis, [2] scarlet marsh hawk, [3] [4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia [1] [5] [6] and also occurs in the Solomon Islands. [1]

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Subspecies

Two subspecies may be recognized: [1] [5]

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with dark reddish-brown eyes. Its thorax is dark chocolate-brown on dorsum and humeral region, paling on sides. Wings are transparent, tinted with deep golden-amber at base. Abdomen and anal appendages are bright red. Female is similar to the male; but greenish-yellow in colors. [7]

It breeds in weedy ponds and lakes. [7] [8] [9] [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mitra, A. (2020). "Aethriamanta brevipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T167270A83374763. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T167270A83374763.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Paulson, Dennis; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D. & Lozano, F. (2025). "Aethriamanta brevipennis". World Odonata List. OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Aethriamanta brevipennis Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  4. 1 2 "Aethriamanta brevipennis Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  5. 1 2 "Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 304–305. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
  7. 1 2 C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp.  445-447.
  8. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 445.
  9. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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