Scarlet skimmer
Species of dragonfly
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The scarlet skimmer[1][2] or ruddy marsh skimmer[3] (Crocothemis servilia)[4] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.[1][5]
| Scarlet skimmer | |
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| C. s. servilia, male | |
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| C. s. mariannae, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Crocothemis |
| Species: | C. servilia |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocothemis servilia (Drury, 1773) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized dragonfly. The male is blood-red, with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen in the nominate subspecies. Its eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. Thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum. Anal appendages are blood-red. Female is similar to the male, but with olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen. The black mid-dorsal carina is rather broad.[9]
It breeds in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.[9][10][11][3][2]
Male
Female
Subadult male in flight
A scarlet skimmer in Uttarakhand, India
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