Rhyothemis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Epiprocta
Infraordo: Anisoptera
Superfamilia: Libelluloidea

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Trameinae
Tribus: Rhyothemistini
Genus: Rhyothemis
Species: R. aterrima – R. braganza – R. cognata – R. fenestrina – R. fulgens – R. fuliginosa – R. graphiptera – R. hurleyi – R. mariposa – R. notata – R. obsolescens – R. phyllis – R. plutonia – R. princeps – R. pygmaea – R. regia – R. resplendens – R. rita – R. semihyalina – R. severini – R. splendens – R. triangularis – R. variegata
Name
Rhyothemis Hagen, 1867

Rhyothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2] They are commonly known as flutterers.

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

The genus Rhyothemis includes the following species:[4]

Male	Female	Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
		Rhyothemis aterrima Selys, 1891	Black Jewel Flutterer	Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Thailand; Viet Nam;
		Rhyothemis braganza Karsch, 1890	Iridescent Flutterer	Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory)
		Rhyothemis cognata (Rambur, 1842)	Madagascar Flutterer	Madagascar
		Rhyothemis fenestrina (Rambur, 1842)	Skylight Flutterer	Angola; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia
		Rhyothemis fulgens Kirby, 1889	Bornean Brown Flutterer	Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Singapore
		Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, 1883	Butterfly Flutterer	China, Korea, and Japan
		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]	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Zambia; Angola; Namibia
		Rhyothemis notata (Fabricius, 1781)	Veiled Flutterer	Benin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone
		Rhyothemis obsolescens Kirby, 1889	Bronze Flutterer	Brunei Darussalam; China (Hainan); Indonesia (Sumatera, Kalimantan); Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam
		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); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia); Micronesia, Federated States of ; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group), North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands (South Solomons); Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
		Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883	Greater Bluewing or Great Sapphire Flutterer	Bangladesh; China (Hainan); India (Assam, West Bengal); Indonesia (Sumatera); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam
		Rhyothemis princeps Kirby, 1894	Australian Sapphire Flutterer or Zircon Flutterer	Australia (Queensland); Indonesia (Papua); Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (main island group))
		Rhyothemis pygmaea (Brauer, 1867)	Small Bronze Flutterer	Indonesia (Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua)
		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, Province of China; Tokelau; Tonga; Wallis and Futuna
		Rhyothemis resplendens Selys, 1878	Jewel Flutterer	Australia (Queensland); Indonesia (Maluku, Papua); Papua New Guinea (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)
		Rhyothemis semihyalina (Desjardins, 1832)	Phantom Flutterer[7]	Angola (Cabinda, Angola); Azerbaijan; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Chad; Comoros; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius (Mauritius (main island)); Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia (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; Syrian Arab Republic; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia); Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
		Rhyothemis severini Ris, 1913	Bluetip Flutterer	Taiwan, Province of China
		Rhyothemis splendens Fraser, 1955	Splendid Flutterer	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
		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, Province of China ; Thailand
		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, Jharkand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Yanam, Darjiling, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Nagaland, Chandigarh, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Chattisgarh, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karaikal, Punjab, Andaman Is., Kerala, Diu); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam

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