Urothemis
Genus of dragonflies
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Urothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[2] Species of Urothemis can be medium-sized dragonflies which occur from Africa, across Asia to Indonesia and Australia.[3]
| Urothemis | |
|---|---|
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| Urothemis signata male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Urothemis Brauer, 1868[1] |
| Type species | |
| Urothemis bisignata | |
Species
The genus Urothemis includes the following species:[4]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urothemis abbotti Laidlaw, 1927 | Malaysia | |||
 | Urothemis aliena Selys, 1878 | Red Baron[3] | northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea. | |
 |  | Urothemis assignata (Selys, 1872) | Red Basker[5] | 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 |
| Urothemis bisignata Brauer, 1868 | Indonesia | |||
 | Urothemis edwardsii (Selys, 1849) | Blue Basker[6] | Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe | |
| Urothemis luciana Balinsky, 1961 | St Lucia Basker[7] | Mozambique; Republic of South Africa | ||
| | Urothemis signata (Rambur, 1842) | greater crimson glider | - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China and Indochina, Australia and New Guinea |
 | Urothemis thomasi Longfield, 1932 | Oman, United Arab Emirates. | ||
