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Scarlet Skimmer

Crocothemis servilia

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 170, February 144, March 245, April 647, May 351, June 350, July 459, August 605, September 1,018, October 996, November 570, December 253.
India5,808
Singapore4,522
United States2,847
NORTH REGION2,818
China2,017
Taiwan966
West Bengal904
Taiwan Province877
Thailand867
Indonesia799

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilySkimmers · Libellulidae
GenusScarlet Skimmers · Crocothemis

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