Neurothemis
Encyclopedia
Neurothemis is a genus
of dragonflies
in the family
Libellulidae
. Most Neurothemis species are red in color.
The genus contains the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of dragonflies
Dragonfly
A dragonfly is a winged insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera . It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Libellulidae
Libellulidae
The skimmers or perchers and their relatives form the Libellulidae, the largest dragonfly family in the world. It is sometimes considered to contain the Corduliidae as the subfamily Corduliinae and the Macromiidae as the subfamily Macromiinae. Even if these are excluded , there still remains a...
. Most Neurothemis species are red in color.
The genus contains the following species:
- Neurothemis decora
- Neurothemis disparilis
- Neurothemis feralis
- Neurothemis fluctuans
- Neurothemis fulviaNeurothemis fulviaThe Fulvous Forest Skimmer is a species of dragonfly found in India.-References:...
- Fulvous Forest Skimmer - Neurothemis intermedia
- Neurothemis luctuosa
- Neurothemis nesaea
- Neurothemis oligoneura - Spotted Grasshawk
- Neurothemis ramburii
- Neurothemis stigmatizans - Painted Grasshawk
- Neurothemis terminata
- Neurothemis tulliaNeurothemis tulliaThe Pied Paddy Skimmer is a species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. It appears in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia , Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The species is fairly common, with a black body and black and white wings with transparent...
- Pied Paddy Skimmer