| Australasian slimwing | |
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| Male Lathrecista asiatica festa, Cairns, Australia | |
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| Female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Lathrecista |
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| Subspecies: | L. a. festa |
| Trinomial name | |
| Lathrecista asiatica festa | |
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Lathrecista asiatica festa known as the Australasian slimwing [4] is a sub-species of Lathrecista asiatica , a dragonfly in the Libellulidae family, found only in Australia. [3] Its range is coastal and adjacent inland in an arc from the Northern Territory to the southern Queensland border. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a wingspan of 60-85mm, and is usually near rivers, streams, swamps and lagoons but at times can be far from water. The male has a black and yellow thorax with brown upper parts, and a reddish-orange abdomen with a black tip. [4] The taxon has been assessed for the IUCN Red List as Least Concern.
