Rhyothemis resplendens

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|image=Jewel flutterer 9536.jpg

|image_caption=Male, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2017 |title=Rhyothemis resplendens |volume=2017 |page=e.T87535217A87540044 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87535217A87540044.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|taxon=Rhyothemis resplendens

|authority=(Selys, 1878){{Cite journal|last=Selys-Longchamps|first=E.|year=1878|title=Odonates de la région de la Nouvelle Guinée|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31377317|journal=Mittheilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden|language=French |volume=3|pages=300|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

|range_map=Rhyothemis resplendens distribution map.svg

|synonyms=Rhyothemis turneri (Kirby, 1894)

}}

Rhyothemis resplendens, common name Jewel flutterer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.{{Cite web|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rhyothemis_resplendens|title=Species Rhyothemis resplendens Selys, 1878|last=|first=|date=2012|website=Australian Faunal Directory|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|access-date=22 April 2017}}

The genus Rhyothemis extends from Africa to the western Pacific, with five species known in Australia. The species Rhyothemis resplendens has blue metallic reflecting panels on both wing sets, and inhabits streams, rivers and still waters on and adjacent to coastal Queensland, from around Mackay to the northern part of Cape York Peninsula. It is a small dragonfly with a wingspan of 40-60mm and body length around 25mm. To the north of Australia it is found in the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/9696609 Catalogue of Life]

On the adult, markings on the hindwing are longer than those on the forewing.{{cite book |last1=Theischinger |first1=Gunther |last2=Hawking |first2=John |date=2006 |title=The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia |location=Collingwood Vic. |publisher=CSIRO |page=284 |isbn=0643090738}} The taxon has been assessed for the IUCN Red List as being of least concern.