Australasian slimwing facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Australasian slimwing |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Male Lathrecista asiatica festa, Cairns, Australia | |
_2108.jpg) |
|
| Female | |
Scientific classification  |
|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Lathrecista |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: |
L. a. festa
|
| Trinomial name | |
| Lathrecista asiatica festa (Selys, 1879)
|
|
 |
|
| Synonyms | |
|
|
Lathrecista asiatica festa known as the Australasian slimwing is a sub-species of Lathrecista asiatica, a dragonfly in the Libellulidae family, found only in Australia. Its range is coastal and adjacent inland in an arc from the Northern Territory to the southern Queensland border. It is a medium-sized dragonfly with a wingspan of 60-85mm, and is usually near rivers, streams, swamps and lagoons but at times can be far from water. The male has a black and yellow thorax with brown upper parts, and a reddish-orange abdomen with a black tip. The taxon has not yet been assessed for the IUCN Red List.
Gallery
-
Female viewed from the side
-
Male viewed from the side
-
Female wings
-
Male wings
.jpg)
.jpg)
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Australasian slimwing Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.