Orthetrum sabina

Taxonavigation

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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

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Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)

Description

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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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