Urothemis assignata

Urothemis assignata is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2]

Urothemis assignata

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Libellulidae
Genus:
Urothemis
Species:
U. assignata
Binomial name
Urothemis assignata
(Selys, 1872)

Distribution

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.[3]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

Description

[4][5]

  • Red Basker Male. Tshipese South Africa
  • Red Basker Female Kasane, Botswana
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References
  1. [ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
  2. Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Urothemis assignata.
  3. Dijkstra, K-D. B.; Clausnitzer, V (2015). The dragonflies and damselflies of Eastern Africa. ISBN 978-94-91615-06-1.
  4. Tarboton, W.R.; Tarboton, M. (2015). A guide to dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Struik Nature Publishing. ISBN 9781775841845.
  5. Samways, Michael J. (2008). Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. Pensoft Publishers. ISBN 9789546423306.


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