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Lyriothemis

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Lyriothemis
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Forest Chaser
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Lyriothemis
Brauer, 1868

Lyriothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae and belong to the suborder Anisoptera, found in eastern Asia. Some members of this genus lay their eggs in water-filled crevices and holes in trees and fallen logs.[1]

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

MaleFemaleScientific nameDistribution
ImageImageLyriothemis acigastra (Selys, 1878)Burma, China and Tibet
Lyriothemis biappendiculata (Selys, 1878)Peninsular Malaysia
Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur, 1842)India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
ImageLyriothemis cleis Brauer, 1868Bangladesh; Brunei; India; Indonesia; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak); Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
ImageLyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009Sri Lanka
ImageLyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 - Forest Chaser[3]Thailand, China
Lyriothemis eurydice Ris, 1909Celebes
Lyriothemis hirundo Ris, 1913New Guinea
Lyriothemis latro Needham & Gyger, 1937Philippines
Lyriothemis magnificata (Selys, 1878)Thailand, Borneo
Lyriothemis meyeri (Selys, 1878)New Guinea
Lyriothemis mortoni Ris, 1919India, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam
ImageImageLyriothemis pachygastra (Selys, 1878)China, Japan
Lyriothemis salva Ris, 1927Indonesia.
ImageImageLyriothemis tricolor Selys, 1919Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

References

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  1. ↑ Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Csiro Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-643-10249-1.
  2. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  3. ↑ "Lyriothemis elegantissima". Hong Kong Biodiversity Online. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of HKSAR Government. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.