Trithemis selika

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Trithemis selika
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Trithemis
Species:
T. selika
Binomial name
Trithemis selika
Selys, 1869

Trithemis selika, also known by its common name crimson dropwing, is a species from the genus Trithemis . [2] It is endemic to Madagascar. [1] The species name comes from the heroine of the opera L'Africaine . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Schütte, K. (2017). "Trithemis selika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T88070291A88078801. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88070291A88078801.en . Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ↑ de Selys Longchamps, E. Odonates recueillis à Madagascar, aux Iles mascareignes et Comores. In: Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances d'après les découvertes de Francois P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. J. K. Steenhof, Leyde: 5 (1): 15-25, incl. pl. 2-2. (1869).
  3. ↑ Hämäläinen, Matti. "Stories from social and cultural odonatology: How the Madagascan libellulid Trithemis selika (Selys, 1869) got its name". Agrion: 94–95.

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