Rhyothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2] They are commonly known as flutterers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Trameinae |
| Tribe: | Rhyothemistini |
| Genus: | Rhyothemis Hagen, 1867[1] |
Rhyothemis species are found in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region.[3] The flight of the genus Rhyothemis is usually fluttering, leading to the common description of "flutterer" for most species in the genus.
Species edit
The genus Rhyothemis includes the following species:[4]
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| Rhyothemis aterrima Selys, 1891 | Black Jewel Flutterer | Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Thailand; Viet Nam; | ||
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Rhyothemis braganza Karsch, 1890 | Iridescent Flutterer | Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory) |
| Rhyothemis cognata (Rambur, 1842) | Madagascar Flutterer | Madagascar | ||
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Rhyothemis fenestrina (Rambur, 1842) | Skylight Flutterer | Angola; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia | |
| Rhyothemis fulgens Kirby, 1889 | Bornean Brown Flutterer | Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Singapore | ||
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Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, 1883 | Butterfly Flutterer | China, Korea, and Japan |
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Rhyothemis graphiptera (Rambur, 1842) | Graphic Flutterer[5] or Banded Flutterer or Small Pond Dragonfly | Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia); Indonesia (Papua, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku); New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea |
| Rhyothemis hurleyi Tillyard, 1926 | Indonesia (Papua) | |||
| Rhyothemis mariposa Ris, 1913 | Mariposa Flutterer[6] | Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zambia; Angola; Namibia | ||
| Rhyothemis notata (Fabricius, 1781) | Veiled Flutterer | Benin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone | ||
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Rhyothemis phyllis (Sulzer, 1776) | Yellow-Striped Flutterer | Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland); Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Guam; India (Nicobar Is., Andaman Is.); Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is., Kalimantan, Jawa, Papua, Sumatera, Sulawesi, Maluku); Laos; Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia); Federated States of Micronesia; Myanmar (mainland); New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea (main island group, North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands (South Solomons); Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam | |
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Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883 | Greater Bluewing or Great Sapphire Flutterer | Bangladesh; China (Hainan); India (Assam, West Bengal); Indonesia (Sumatera); Laos; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar (mainland); Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam | |
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Rhyothemis princeps Kirby, 1894 | Australian Sapphire Flutterer or Zircon Flutterer | Australia (Queensland); Indonesia (Papua); Papua New Guinea (main island group) | |
| Rhyothemis pygmaea (Brauer, 1867) | Small Bronze Flutterer | Indonesia (Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua) | ||
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Rhyothemis regia (Brauer, 1867) | Pied Sapphire Flutterer | American Samoa (American Samoa, Swains Is.); Indonesia (Papua, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku); Malaysia (Sabah); Northern Mariana Islands; Philippines; Samoa; Taiwan; Tokelau; Tonga; Wallis and Futuna | |
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Rhyothemis resplendens Selys, 1878 | Jewel Flutterer | Australia (Queensland); Indonesia (Maluku, Papua); Papua New Guinea (main island group, North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Solomon Islands (South Solomons) | |
| Rhyothemis rita Kovacs and Theischinger, 2016 | Rita Flutterer | Indonesia (Papua) | ||
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Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832) | Phantom Flutterer[7] | Angola (Cabinda, Angola); Azerbaijan; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Iran; Iraq; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius (main island); Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia (main part, Caprivi Strip); Nigeria; Oman; Rwanda; Réunion; Senegal; Seychelles (Aldabra, Seychelles (main island group)); Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa (Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North-West Province, Western Cape); South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Togo; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia); Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe | |
| Rhyothemis severini Ris, 1913 | Bluetip Flutterer | Taiwan | ||
| Rhyothemis splendens Fraser, 1955 | Splendid Flutterer | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
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Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889 | Asian Sapphire Flutterer or Lesser Bluewing | Brunei Darussalam; China (Fujian, Guangdong); Hong Kong; India (Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka); Indonesia (Kalimantan, Jawa, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah); Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand |
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Rhyothemis variegata (Linnaeus, 1763) | Common Picture Wing[8] or Variegated Flutterer | Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian); Guam; Hong Kong; India (Mahé, Uttaranchal, Daman, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Assam, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Pondicherry, Bihar, Jharkhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Yanam, Darjiling, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Nagaland, Chandigarh, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karaikal, Punjab, Andaman Is., Kerala, Diu); Laos; Myanmar (mainland); Nepal; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Viet Nam |
References edit
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- ^ Hagen, H. (1867). "Die Neuroptera der Insel Cuba". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 28: 215–232 [232] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Genus Rhyothemis Hagen, 1867". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN 0643051368.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J. (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- ^ Clausnitzer, V. & Suhling, F. (2010). "Rhyothemis mariposa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168020A6446785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168020A6446785.en.
- ^ Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Samraoui, B.; Suhling, F.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Schneider, W. (2016). "Rhyothemis semihyalina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60037A83869229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60037A83869229.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).