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Eastern Blacktail
Nesciothemis farinosa
Nesciothemis farinosa, the eastern blacktail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
From the article Nesciothemis farinosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and status”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 106917.