Biology:Rhodothemis rufa
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Short description: Species of dragonfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Rhodothemis |
| Species: | R. rufa
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| Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842)
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Rhodothemis rufa,[2] the spine–legged redbolt, rufous marsh glider,[3][4] or common redbolt, ( is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries.[5][1][6]
Description and habitat
It is a medium-sized dragonfly with red eyes, thorax and abdomen. But young males and females have a mid-dorsal citron-yellow stripe in the pro-thorax and a citron-yellow stripe on mid-dorsum of the abdominal segments. These marks get obscured by pruinescence in adult males. Color of female is brown. It breeds in open ponds, marshes and lakes.[7][8][3][4]
juvenile male
female
See also
- List of odonates of Sri Lanka
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Rhodothemis rufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163598A5621290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163598A5621290.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163598/5621290. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rhodothemis rufa Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/234375.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Rhodothemis rufa Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/623/Rhodothemis-rufa.
- ↑ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
- ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 370–371. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ 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. 368-369. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 438. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf.
- rufa.html World Dragonflies[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- Animal diversity web
- Query Results
- Sri Lanka Biodiversity
- Rhodothemis rufa of Borneo Island
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2213182 entry
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