Biology:Orthetrum machadoi

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Short description: Species of dragonfly

Orthetrum machadoi
Orthetrum machadoi, highland skimmer 33117-1.jpg
Immature male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. machadoi
Binomial name
Orthetrum machadoi
Longfield, 1955

Orthetrum machadoi, common name highland skimmer or Machado's skimmer,[2][3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1939629 entry