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Sultan
Camacinia gigantea
Camacinia gigantea, the sultan, is a species of libellulid dragonfly.
The sultan is found in forests of mainland and maritime Southeast Asia. It has been recorded from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Philippines. In India, it is known from the eastern states of West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland, the central states of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.
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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 96505.


