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Orthetrum sabina

Photo by JordiPrats
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Field Notes

Description:

A yellow dragonfly with black stripes, green eyes, transparent wings and white & black segments in abdomen, wingspan of 60-85mm.

Habitat:

Spotted at Taman Ecopark - Jakarta.
Found from south-eastern Europe and North Africa to Japan and south to Australia and Micronesia.

Notes:

Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species: O. sabina

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

Orthetrum sabina https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthetrum_sabina https://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/images/kalsel_0007.html

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