Epaulet Skimmer Male-Young Close-up

Epaulet Skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma, Epouletskepper

Epaulet Skimmer Male-Young Close-up  to assist with the identification of dragonfly species Epaulet Skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma, Epouletskepper

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Distribution:

 South Africa:

• Common and widespread in South Africa 

Africa

• Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Libya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Socotra (Yemen); Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Further reading for Epaulet Skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma, Epouletskepper:

Websites:

• Odonata Atlas of Africa VMU Number 667920
• African Dragonflies & Damselflies Online
• A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
  
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.