Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, is a species of
dragonfly in the family
Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings, while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes. This female violet dropwing was photographed near
Kalopanagiotis in Cyprus.Photograph credit:
Charles J. Sharp
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Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, is a species of
dragonfly in the family
Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings, while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes. This female violet dropwing was photographed near
Kalopanagiotis in Cyprus.Photograph credit:
Charles J. Sharp
Wiki *14 August 2005
Today is Saturday,
15 June2024, and the English Wikipedia encloses currently 6,835,545 articles which amount to 60,863,148 pages. 47,546,571
users are accounted and there are 857
administrators.
I'm a member of the German Wikipedia and living in
Germany. I'm active under the same name on the German Wikipedia, mostly working on themes about
Native Americans, but I'm also interested in
geography and
history.