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''Orthetrum chrysostigma'', the epaulet skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi as well as Canary Islands and Portugal. It was recently recorded in the Maltese Islands in 2010. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs. The adults prey on various flying insects, with the bodies of the males being vivid blue and those of the females a bright green color. Orthetrum Chrysostigma-from-Canary Islands.JPG|''O. chrysostigma'' in the Canary Islands Orthetrum chrysostigma LC0208.jpg|Young male Orthetrum chrysostigma LC0207.jpg|Mature male ==References== *GAUCI, C. & SCIBERRAS, A. (2010) (First Records of ''Orthetrum chrysostigma'' (Odonata:Libellulidae) Burmeister, 1839 in the Maltese Islands ). Central Mediterranean Naturalist 5(2):78-80. Nature Trust Malta publications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orthetrum chrysostigma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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