By Colour Dropwings - Blue

Family Libellulidae Leach, 1815
  • Genus Trithemis Brauer, 1868

Colour groupings,

  • Blue, Mid Blue, Light Blue
Males and Females:

Males and females differ and is easily recognised by colour and markings. Young males and females are alike.

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

By Colour

Male

 

Female

 

Blue

100 931 Trithemis furva Navy Dropwing Male Nwanedi LP RSA Dec 2015 1 r 3Navy DropwingTrithemis furva

100 2902 Trithemis furva Navy Dropwing Male Close up1 Ezemvelo GP RSA Nov 2019r 3

117 601 Trithemis furva Navy Dropwing

100 2913 Trithemis furva Navy Dropwing Female Old Close up Bobejaan NWP RSA Aug 2017r 8

115 510 eddie Trithemis dorsalis, Highlands Dropwing, MaleHighlands Dropwing,
Trithemis dorsalis
100 3777 Trithemis dorsalis Highlands Dropwing Male GP RSA Oct 2016r 7
100 2044 Trithemis dorsalis Highland Dropwing Female Kloofzight GP RSA Nov 2015r 1
100 767 Trithemis dorsalis Highlands Dropwing Female Kromdraai GP RSA Nov 2016r 5
100 1406 Trithemis hecate Silhouette Dropwing Male Ezemvelo GP RSA Sept 2017r 5Silhouette Dropwing
Trithemis hecate
100 715 Trithemis hecate Silhouette Dropwing Male Vaalwaterr 1
100 1074 Trithemis hecate Silhouette Dropwing Male r 3
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 Mid Blue

100 1382 Trithemis aconita Halfshade dropwing Male Nwanedi LP RSA Dec 2015r 7Halfshade Dropwing
Trithemis aconita

100 1385 Nwanedi LP RSA Dec 2016r 2

102 543 2016 12 24 Sabiepark Halfshade wyfie 13

100 3042 Trithemis aconita Halfshade dropwing Female Close up Songimvelo MP RSA Febr 2019r 2

107 584 Trithemis donaldsoni Denim Droping Male Ezemvelo GP RSA April 2019 1Denim Droping Trithemis donaldsoni
101 614 Trithemis donaldsoni Denim Dropwing Male Nwanedi LP RSA Aug 2016

 

107 583 Trithemis donaldsoni Denim Droping Female Ezemvelo GP RSA Apr 2019 3
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Light Blue

100 1048 Trithemis stictica Jaunty Dropwing Male Ezemvelo Nov 2016r 2Jaunty Dropwing
Trithemis stictica

100 1537 Trithemis stictica Jaunty Dropwing Male Close up Hertzogberg MP RSA Feb 2020r 1

100 1535 Trithemis stictica Jaunty Dropwing Female Hertzogberg MP RSA Nov 2017r 10

Silhouette 1 2