Swamp Dropwing
Trithemis aequalisSalient Features 1
Known only from 2 collected specimens in the Okavango so colour cannot be validated. Possibly with a reddish/violet pruinosity dorsally.
Frons is bronzy violet above.
Abdomen is slender and mostly black with yellow streaks in tow rows from S3-S8.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Grant Reed, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
iNat Map
| 1. country | Botswana, Namibia |
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| 2. ecoregion | Okavango Floodplains, Upper Zambezi Floodplains |
| 3. body length | medium |
| 4. dominant body colour - male | black, blue & black |
| 5. dominant body colour - female | yellow & black |
| 6. wing markings - extent | none |
| 7. wing markings - colour | none |
| 8. pterostigma colour | pale |
| 9. typical wing position | open |
