Trithemis selika
Trithemis selika, also known by its common name crimson dropwing, is a species from the genus Trithemis. [2] It is endemic to Madagascar.[1] The species name comes from the heroine of the opera L'Africaine.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Trithemis |
| Species: | T. selika |
| Binomial name | |
| Trithemis selika Selys, 1869 | |
References
- Schütte, K. (2017). "Trithemis selika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T88070291A88078801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88070291A88078801.en. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- de Selys Longchamps, E. Odonates recueillis à Madagascar, aux Iles mascareignes et Comores. In: Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances d'après les découvertes de Francois P. L. Pollen et D. C. van Dam. J. K. Steenhof, Leyde: 5 (1): 15-25, incl. pl. 2-2. (1869).
- Hämäläinen, Matti. "Stories from social and cultural odonatology: How the Madagascan libellulid Trithemis selika (Selys, 1869) got its name" (PDF). Agrion: 94–95.
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