Rhyothemis triangularis

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Sapphire flutterer
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Rhyothemis
Species:
R. triangularis
Binomial name
Rhyothemis triangularis
Kirby, 1889
Synonyms
  • Rhyothemis bipartitaTillyard, 1906
  • Rhyothemis lankana Kirby, 1894

Rhyothemis triangularis [2] (sapphire flutterer, lesser blue wing) [3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in eastern and southern Asia. [4] [5]

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Description and habitat

It is a small blue colored dragonfly with bases of all wings have dark metallic blue patches. This species breeds in well vegetated ponds and similar habitats. [6] [7] [3] [8] From karyotyping it is known to have 13 chromosomes. [9]

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References

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  2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
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  6. 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.  427-428.
  7. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 443–434.
  8. "Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  9. Kiauta, B.; Kiauta, M. (1982-01-01). "The chromosome numbers of eleven dragonfly species from Singapore". Notulae odonatologicae. 1 (10): 164–165. ISSN   0166-6584.

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