Painted Grasshawk

Neurothemis stigmatizans

"Neurothemis stigmatizans", known as the painted grasshawk, is an Australian species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. The genus "Neurothemis" is distributed from India to the western Pacific. This species is found in northern Australia in an arc from the southern Queensland border to Broome, Western Australia.
Painted Grasshawk (male) - frontal, Nimbokrang, Papua https://www.jungledragon.com/image/155485/painted_grasshawk_male_nimbokrang_papua.html
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Appearance

"Neurothemis stigmatizans" is a medium sized dragonfly which inhabits still waters in the vicinity of grassy areas. The male abdomen is reddish-brown with a lighter dorsal stripe, his wings have deep reddish-brown markings that extend past the nodus, with paler contrasting veins. The female is pale greenish-yellow with a dark dorsal stripe and side stripe; her wings are mostly hyaline with a dark smudge beyond the nodus and dark wingtips. The pterostigma of both sexes is pink or pale coloured.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyLibellulidae
GenusNeurothemis
SpeciesN. stigmatizans
Photographed in
Indonesia