Rhyothemis

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Flutterers
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Rhyothemis variegata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Trameinae
Tribe: Rhyothemistini
Genus: Rhyothemis
Hagen, 1867 [1]

Rhyothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. [2] They are commonly known as flutterers.

Rhyothemis species are found in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region. [3] The flight of the genus Rhyothemis is usually fluttering, leading to the common description of "flutterer" for most species in the genus.

Species

The genus Rhyothemis includes the following species: [4]

MaleFemaleScientific NameCommon NameDistribution
Rhyothemis aterrima Selys, 1891Black Jewel FluttererBrunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Thailand; Viet Nam;
Iridescent Flutterer DSCN1178.jpg Iridescent Flutterer (5189014461).jpg Rhyothemis braganza Karsch, 1890Iridescent FluttererAustralia (Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory)
Rhyothemis cognata (Rambur, 1842)Madagascar FluttererMadagascar
Black-winged skylight flutterer dragonfly Rhyothemis fenestrina.jpg Rhyothemis fenestrina (Rambur, 1842)Skylight FluttererAngola; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia
Rhyothemis fulgens Kirby, 1889Bornean Brown FluttererBrunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Singapore
Rhyothemis fuliginosa(Male,Japan,2017.09.19,b).jpg Rhyothemis fuliginosa.JPG Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, 1883Butterfly FluttererChina, Korea, and Japan
Rhyothemis graphiptera 0678.jpg Female Graphic Flutterer lateral (16009456622).jpg Rhyothemis graphiptera (Rambur, 1842)Graphic Flutterer [5] or Banded Flutterer or Small Pond DragonflyAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia); Indonesia (Papua, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku); New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea
Rhyothemis hurleyi Tillyard, 1926Indonesia (Papua)
Rhyothemis mariposa Ris, 1913Mariposa Flutterer [6] Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Zambia; Angola; Namibia
Rhyothemis notata (Fabricius, 1781)Veiled FluttererBenin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone
Rhyothemis phyllis 2845.jpg Rhyothemis phyllis (Sulzer, 1776)Yellow-Striped FluttererAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland); Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Guam; India (Nicobar Is., Andaman Is.); Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is., Kalimantan, Jawa, Papua, Sumatera, Sulawesi, Maluku); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia); Micronesia, Federated States of ; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group), North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands (South Solomons); Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
Greater bluewing (Rhyothemis plutonia) male Phuket.jpg Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883Greater Bluewing or Great Sapphire FluttererBangladesh; China (Hainan); India (Assam, West Bengal); Indonesia (Sumatera); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam
Sapphire flutterer 2190-2.jpg Rhyothemis princeps Kirby, 1894Australian Sapphire Flutterer or Zircon FluttererAustralia (Queensland); Indonesia (Papua); Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group))
Rhyothemis pygmaea (Brauer, 1867)Small Bronze FluttererIndonesia (Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua)
Lan Hei Qing Ting .jpg Rhyothemis regia (Brauer, 1867)Pied Sapphire FluttererAmerican Samoa (American Samoa, Swains Is.); Indonesia (Papua, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku); Malaysia (Sabah); Northern Mariana Islands; Philippines; Samoa; Taiwan, Province of China; Tokelau; Tonga; Wallis and Futuna
Jewel Flutterer 3A0052.jpg Rhyothemis resplendens Selys, 1878Jewel FluttererAustralia (Queensland); Indonesia (Maluku, Papua); Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group), North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Solomon Islands (South Solomons)
Rhyothemis rita Kovacs and Theischinger, 2016Rita FluttererIndonesia (Papua)
Rhyothemis semihyalina (Libellulidae) (6824335406).jpg Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)Phantom Flutterer [7] Angola (Cabinda, Angola); Azerbaijan; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Chad; Comoros; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius (Mauritius (main island)); Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia (Namibia (main part), Caprivi Strip); Nigeria; Oman; Rwanda; Réunion; Senegal; Seychelles (Aldabra, Seychelles (main island group)); Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa (Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North-West Province, Western Cape); South Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia); Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Rhyothemis severini Ris, 1913Bluetip FluttererTaiwan, Province of China
Rhyothemis splendens Fraser, 1955Splendid FluttererThe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sapphire flutterer 5826.jpg Rhyothemis triangularis female.jpg Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889Asian Sapphire Flutterer or Lesser BluewingBrunei Darussalam; China (Fujian, Guangdong); Hong Kong; India (Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka); Indonesia (Kalimantan, Jawa, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah); Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China

; Thailand

Rhyothemis variegata - Davidraju IMG 4761.jpg Rhyothemis variegata female at Kadavoor.jpg Rhyothemis variegata (Linnaeus, 1763)Common Picture Wing [8] or Variegated FluttererBangladesh; Cambodia; China (Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian); Guam; Hong Kong; India (Mahé, Uttaranchal, Daman, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Assam, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Pondicherry, Bihar, Jharkhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Yanam, Darjiling, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Nagaland, Chandigarh, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karaikal, Punjab, Andaman Is., Kerala, Diu); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam

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References

  1. ↑ Hagen, H. (1867). "Die Neuroptera der Insel Cuba". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 28: 215–232 [232] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ↑ "Genus Rhyothemis Hagen, 1867". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN   0643051368.
  4. ↑ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  5. ↑ Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J. (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN   0-643-09073-8.
  6. ↑ Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2010). "Rhyothemis mariposa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T168020A6446785. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168020A6446785.en .
  7. ↑ Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Samraoui, B.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Schneider, W. (2016). "Rhyothemis semihyalina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T60037A83869229. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60037A83869229.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
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