Urothemis edwardsii
Species of dragonfly
Urothemis edwardsii | |
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Male in the Okavango Delta, Botswana | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Urothemis |
Species: | U. edwardsii |
Binomial name | |
Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849) |
Urothemis edwardsii, the blue basker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
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References
- ^ Boudot, J.-P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Suhling, F.; Samraoui, B.; Schneider, W. (2016). "Urothemis edwardsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60073A83876779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60073A83876779.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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