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Red Arrow
Rhodothemis lieftincki
Rhodothemis lieftincki, common name Red arrow, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. The Rhodothemis genus is found in India, south-east Asia and Australia. Rhodothemis lieftincki is the only species of the genus seen in Australia. It inhabits coastal and inland streams, rivers, lagoons and ponds in an arc around northern Australia, from about Geraldton in the west to Sydney in the east.
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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 323616.