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Neurothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are found in India, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region. Most Neurothemis species are red in color.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. FamilyLibellulidae
Observations recorded41,357

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
60
With media
35
Family
Libellulidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia

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Neurothemis is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are found in India, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region. Most Neurothemis species are red in color.

==Species== The genus Neurothemis includes the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male!! Female !! Scientific name!! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px || || Neurothemis decora || || Indonesia (Papua) and Papua New Guinea |- | || || Neurothemis degener || ||East India and Myanmar |- | || || Neurothemis disparilis || ||Malay Peninsula and Borneo |- ||| || Neurothemis feralis || ||Indonesia (Sumatra and Java) |- |120px ||120px || Neurothemis fluctuans ||Red Grasshawk, Common Parasol ||Cambodia, India (Eastern India; Andaman and Nicobar), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java), Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines (Palawan), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam |- |120px ||120px || Neurothemis fulvia || fulvous forest skimmer|| Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. |- |120px ||120px || Neurothemis intermedia || paddyfield parasol ||Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java, Kangean Islands and Sumba), Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam |- | || || Neurothemis luctuosa || || Indonesia (Papua) |- | || || Neurothemis manadensis || || Indonesia (Sulawesi, and Maluku) |- | || || Neurothemis nesaea || ||Sulawesi, Celebes |- |120px || || Neurothemis oligoneura || spotted grasshawk||Australia and New Guinea |- ||| || Neurothemis papuensis || ||New Guinea |- |120px || || Neurothemis ramburii || ||Peninsular Malaysia, Taiwan, the Andaman Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei and Kalimantan), the lesser Sunda islands, and The Philippines. |- |120px ||120px || Neurothemis stigmatizans || painted grasshawk||Australia ( southern Queensland border to Broome, Western Australia. ) and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands |- | ||120px || Neurothemis taiwanensis || ||Taiwan |- |120px ||120px || Neurothemis terminata || || Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda, and Borneo), The Philippines, and Palau. |- |120px ||120px || Neurothemis tullia || pied paddy skimmer||Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam |- |}

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neurothemis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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