Rhyothemis

{{Short description|Genus of dragonflies}}

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Rhyothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rhyothemis|title=Genus Rhyothemis Hagen, 1867|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=20 March 2017}}

They are commonly known as flutterers.

Rhyothemis species are found in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific region.{{Cite book|title=The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata|last=Watson|first=J.A.L.|last2=Theischinger|first2=G.|last3=Abbey|first3=H.M.|publisher=CSIRO|year=1991|isbn=0643051368|location=Melbourne|pages=278}} The flight of the genus Rhyothemis is usually fluttering, leading to the common description of "flutterer" for most species in the genus.

Species

The genus Rhyothemis includes the following species:{{World Odonata List}}

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|Rhyothemis aterrima {{small|Selys, 1891}}

|Black Jewel Flutterer

|Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Thailand; Viet Nam;

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|Rhyothemis braganza {{small|Karsch, 1890}}

|Iridescent Flutterer

|Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory)

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|Rhyothemis cognata {{small|(Rambur, 1842)}}

|Madagascar Flutterer

|Madagascar

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|Rhyothemis fenestrina {{small|(Rambur, 1842)}}

|Skylight Flutterer

|Angola; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Namibia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia

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|Rhyothemis fulgens {{small|Kirby, 1889}}

|Bornean Brown Flutterer

|Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak); Singapore

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|Rhyothemis fuliginosa {{small|Selys, 1883}}

|Butterfly Flutterer

|China, Korea, and Japan

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|Rhyothemis graphiptera {{small|(Rambur, 1842)}}

|Graphic Flutterer{{cite book |author1=Theischinger, G. |title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia |author2=Hawking, J. |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=0-643-09073-8}} or Banded Flutterer or Small Pond Dragonfly

|Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia); Indonesia (Papua, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku); New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea

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|Rhyothemis hurleyi {{small|Tillyard, 1926}}

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|Indonesia (Papua)

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|Rhyothemis mariposa {{small|Ris, 1913}}

|Mariposa Flutterer{{Cite iucn|title=Rhyothemis mariposa|page=e.T168020A6446785|author=Clausnitzer, V.|date=2010|volume=2010|author2=Suhling, F.|name-list-style=amp|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T168020A6446785.en}}

|Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zambia; Angola; Namibia

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|Rhyothemis notata {{small|(Fabricius, 1781)}}

|Veiled Flutterer

|Benin; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone

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|Rhyothemis phyllis {{small|(Sulzer, 1776)}}

|Yellow-Striped Flutterer

|Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland); Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Guam; India (Nicobar Is., Andaman Is.); Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is., Kalimantan, Jawa, Papua, Sumatera, Sulawesi, Maluku); Laos; Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia); Federated States of Micronesia; Myanmar (mainland); New Caledonia; Palau; Papua New Guinea (main island group, North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Singapore; Solomon Islands (South Solomons); Thailand; Vanuatu; Viet Nam

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|Rhyothemis plutonia {{small|Selys, 1883}}

|Greater Bluewing or Great Sapphire Flutterer

|Bangladesh; China (Hainan); India (Assam, West Bengal); Indonesia (Sumatera); Laos; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar (mainland); Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam

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|Rhyothemis princeps {{small|Kirby, 1894}}

|Australian Sapphire Flutterer or Zircon Flutterer

|Australia (Queensland); Indonesia (Papua); Papua New Guinea (main island group)

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|Rhyothemis pygmaea {{small|(Brauer, 1867)}}

|Small Bronze Flutterer

|Indonesia (Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua)

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|Rhyothemis regia {{small|(Brauer, 1867)}}

|Pied Sapphire Flutterer

|American Samoa (American Samoa, Swains Is.); Indonesia (Papua, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku); Malaysia (Sabah); Northern Mariana Islands; Philippines; Samoa; Taiwan; Tokelau; Tonga; Wallis and Futuna

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|Rhyothemis resplendens {{small|Selys, 1878}}

|Jewel Flutterer

|Australia (Queensland); Indonesia (Maluku, Papua); Papua New Guinea (main island group, North Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago); Philippines; Solomon Islands (South Solomons)

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|Rhyothemis rita {{small|Kovacs and Theischinger, 2016}}

|Rita Flutterer

|Indonesia (Papua)

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|Rhyothemis semihyalina {{small|(Desjardins, 1832)}}

|Phantom Flutterer{{cite iucn|title=Rhyothemis semihyalina|page=e.T60037A83869229|author=Boudot, J.-P.|date=2016|volume=2016|access-date=12 November 2021|author2=Clausnitzer, V.|author3=Samraoui, B.|author4=Suhling, F.|author5=Dijkstra, K.-D.B.|author6=Schneider, W.|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60037A83869229.en}}

|Angola (Cabinda, Angola); Azerbaijan; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Iran; Iraq; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius (main island); Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia (main part, Caprivi Strip); Nigeria; Oman; Rwanda; Réunion; Senegal; Seychelles (Aldabra, Seychelles (main island group)); Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa (Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North-West Province, Western Cape); South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Togo; Turkey (Turkey-in-Asia); Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

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|Rhyothemis severini {{small|Ris, 1913}}

|Bluetip Flutterer

|Taiwan

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|Rhyothemis splendens {{small|Fraser, 1955}}

|Splendid Flutterer

| Democratic Republic of the Congo

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|Rhyothemis triangularis {{small|Kirby, 1889}}

|Asian Sapphire Flutterer or Lesser Bluewing

|Brunei Darussalam; China (Fujian, Guangdong); Hong Kong; India (Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Karnataka); Indonesia (Kalimantan, Jawa, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah); Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand

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|Rhyothemis variegata {{small|(Linnaeus, 1763)}}

|Common Picture Wing{{cite book |last=Subramanian |first=K. A. |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/initiat/sci_ed/lifescape/odonates-dragonflies.pdf |title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India |year=2005}} or Variegated Flutterer

|Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian); Guam; Hong Kong; India (Mahé, Uttaranchal, Daman, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Assam, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Pondicherry, Bihar, Jharkhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Arunachal Pradesh, Yanam, Darjiling, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Nagaland, Chandigarh, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Karaikal, Punjab, Andaman Is., Kerala, Diu); Laos; Myanmar (mainland); Nepal; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Viet Nam

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