Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)
ID Source #1 : http://www.asia-dragonfly.net
ID Source #2 : http://www.windsofkansas.com

http://freebsd.tspes.tpc.edu.tw/~afu/159.htm

 
Found in China, Guandong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hainan, Indonesia, India, Japan, Lao, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Viet Nam
Sub-Order: ANISOPTERA Super-Family: LIBELLULOIDEA Family: LIBELLULIDAE


Male Female

Head and body brilliant glowing red and dark purple.

Wing veins red

Head and body light brown with darker markings

Wing veins dark

 

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Immature Male Immature Female

   

Photographed on 1 October 2006  at a stream beside Bukit Gemok, Tawau, Malaysia

 

The presence of Odonata is an indicator of ecosystem quality in the area.  A site that offer a wide variety of microhabitats has more species of Dragonflies and Damselflies.
 

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