Orthetrum sabina

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Libellulidae
Subfamilia: Libellulinae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species: Orthetrum sabina
Subspecies: O. s. sabina

Name

Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)

Description

O. sabina is an Australian dragonfly species that are yellow with black markings and are possibly closely related to O. serapia with similar habitats of still or sluggish shallow often temporary waterbodies.

O. sabina ranges from eastern NSW and QLD and Cape York across north Northern Territory to the Kimberlies and through South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

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