Higher classification Crocothemis | Scientific name Crocothemis servilia Rank Species | |
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Similar Odonate, Insect, Crocothemis, Orthetrum albistylum, Dragonfly | ||
Scarlet skimmer dragonfly
The scarlet skimmer or ruddy marsh skimmer, Crocothemis servilia, is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii.
It is a medium sized blood red dragonfly with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. It breads in ponds, ditches, marshes, open swamps and rice fields.
There are two known subspecies; Crocothemis servilia servilia Drury, 1773 and Crocothemis servilia mariannae Kiauta, 1983. C. s. mariannae lacks the mid-dorsal black stripe.
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