By Colour Dropwings - Red, Violet, Orange, Brown

By Colour Dropwings - Red, Violet, Orange, Brown a Guide to dropwings (Trithemis) to assist with the identification of dragonflies and species Dropwings

Family Libellulidae Leach, 1815

Synopsis

A click on the species name or image will link to the main species description article and image gallery.   

Male

 

Female

 

Red or Violet
100 840 Trithemis arteriosa Red vained Dropwing Komatipoort Sept 2016r 1Red-veined Dropwing,
Trithemis arteriosa
100 854 Trithemis arteriosa Red vained Dropwing Male Close UP RNR GP RSA Mch 2018r 3
100 843 Trithemis arteriosa Red veined Dropwing Female Marloth Park Sept 2016r 1
100 967 Trithemis arteriosa Redveined Dropwing Female Close UP Badplaas Close up MP RSA NOV 2016r 1
102 519 Marmoth 2016 11 06 rust de wnter 06
Violet Dropwing, Trithemis annulata
100 2025 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Male Close UP RNR GP RSA Mch 2018r 11
100 666 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Female Ndumu KZN RSA Mch 2017r 66
100 2124 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Female Old Close 2023r 1
Orange
100 919 Trithemis kirbyi Orange winged Dropwing Male Mystic Monkeys Jan 2017r 2Orange-winged Dropwing
Trithemis kirbyi

100 620 Trithemis kirbyi Orange winged Dropwing Male Close up Mabusai LP RSA Dec 2018r 2
100 907 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Female Moreletta Sept 2016r 2
100 2047 Trithemis kirbyi Orange winged Dropwing Female Mature Close up1 Marloth MP Apr 2023r 1
Brown
100 1602 Trithemis pluvialis Russet Dropwing Male Vaalwater LP RSA Apr 2017r 5Russet Dropwing
Trithemis pluvialis
100 3296 Vaalwater Male Close up Vaalwater LP RSA Mch 2021fr 7
100 2726 Trithemis pluvialis Russet Dropwing Female Welgevonden RSA Dec 2017r 3
100 2726 Trithemis pluvialis Russet Dropwing Female Welgevonden RSA Dec 2017r 3
100 718 Trithemis wernerii Elegant Dropwing Male Marloth Park Sept 2016r 4Elegant Dropwing
Trithemis wernerii
100 2148 Trithemis wernerii Elegant Dropwing Male Close up Ndumo KZN RSA Mch 2018r 5
100 712 Trithemis werneri Elegant Dropwing Female Marloth Park Sept 2016r 3
100 913 Trithemis wernerii Elegant Dropwing Female Close up Marlothpark MP RSA Apr 2023r 1