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Violet Dropwing

Trithemis annulata

Description:

A nice purple dragonfly, posing.

Habitat:

It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. It was also recently recorded in the Maltese islands in 2005 and found breeding in 2007.

Notes:

Spotted in South of France, along Herault River. It was nice to discover this dragonfly and its colors.

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4 Comments

Frederic Ansermoz
Frederic Ansermoz 10 years ago

Thank you Harum, you have a nice collection of photographs!

HarumKoh
HarumKoh 10 years ago

beautiful!

Frederic Ansermoz
Frederic Ansermoz 10 years ago

Thank you Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Lovely job!

Frederic Ansermoz
Spotted by
Frederic Ansermoz

Gignac, Languedoc-Roussillon, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Aug 1, 2013
Submitted on Aug 2, 2013

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