Biology:Urothemis assignata
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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: | Urothemis |
| Species: | U. assignata
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| Binomial name | |
| Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872)
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Urothemis assignata, the red basker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[1]
Distribution
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar , Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa , Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Description
Gallery
Red basker male. Tshipese South Africa
Red basker female. Kasane, Botswana
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clausnitzer, V.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B. (2016). "Urothemis assignata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T60072A86822554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60072A86822554.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60072/86822554. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V (2015). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa. ISBN 978-94-91615-06-1.
- ↑ Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2015). A guide to dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Struik Nature Publishing. ISBN 9781775841845.
- ↑ Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 9789546423306.
Wikidata ☰ Q1307906 entry
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