Camacinia gigantea
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| Sultan | |
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| Female | |
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| Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Camacinia |
| Species: | C. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867) | |
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Camacinia gigantea, the sultan, is a species of libellulid dragonfly.[1]
The sultan is found in forests of mainland and maritime Southeast Asia. It has been recorded from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,[2] Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Philippines. In India, it is known from the eastern states of West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland, the central states of Orissa[3] and Madhya Pradesh, and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.[4][1]
