Orthetrum icteromelas

Orthetrum icteromelas
male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Orthetrum
Species:	O. icteromelas
Binomial name
Orthetrum icteromelas Ris, 1910

Orthetrum icteromelas, the spectacled skimmer is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.

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  immature male
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  immature male
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  female
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  female
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  mature female
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  mating pair

References

1. Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F. (2016). "Orthetrum icteromelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T59957A85924916. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T59957A85924916.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

• Spectacled skimmer Species text in the Online Atlas of South African Odonata