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Species profile—Rhyothemis princeps (sapphire flutterer)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Libellulidae (skimmer or percher dragonflies) → Rhyothemis princeps (sapphire flutterer)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Libellulidae (skimmer or percher dragonflies)
Scientific name
Rhyothemis princeps Kirby, 1894
Common name
sapphire flutterer
Type reference
Kirby, W.F. 1894. On a small collection of Odonata (dragonflies) from Queensland, with descriptions of five new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 14: 15-21.
WildNet taxon ID
35232
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35232.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022