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Violet Dropwing Image Gallery

Violet Dropwing     Trithemis annulata      Purpervalvlerkie

Violet Dropwing Image Gallery Images as identification aid for the dragonfly species Trithemis annulata, Violet Dropwing, Purpervalvlerkie

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100 2025 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Male Close UP RNR GP RSA Mch 2018r 11Male

100 2117 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Female Ndumu Mch 2017r 66Female

100 2124 Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Female Old Close 2023r 1Female
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Learn More about other Dropwings, (Trithemis) Species

100 636 Trithemis aconita Halfshade dropwing Male Nwanedi LP RSA Dec 2015r 4Trithemis aconita
Halfshade Dropwing

102 517 Marmoth 2016 04 13 marmoth13Trithemis annulata
Violet Dropwing

Trithemis arteriosa, Red-veined Dropwing, MaleTrithemis arteriosa,
Red-veined Dropwing

100 1085 Trithemis donaldsoni Denim Dropwing Male Vaalwater LP RSA Nov 2017r 2Trithemis donaldsoni
Denim Dropwing

100 2040 Trithemis dorsalis Highland Dropwing Male Kloofzight GP RSA Nov 2015r 4Trithemis dorsalis
Highland Dropwing

100 932 Trithemis furva Navy Dropwing Male Kloofzight GP RSA Oct 2016r 2Trithemis furva
Navy Dropwing

100 1405 Trithemis hecate Silhouette Dropwing Male Ezemvelo GP RSA Sept 2017r 4Trithemis hecate
Silhouette Dropwing

100 919 Trithemis kirbyi Orange winged Dropwing Male Mystic Monkeys Jan 2017r 2Trithemis kirbyi
Orange winged Dropwing

100 627 Trithemis pluvialis Russet Dropwing Nwanedi LP RSA Dec 2015 r 1Trithemis pluvialis
Russet Dropwing

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

100 710 Trithemis wernerii Elegant Dropwing Ndumu July 2015r 1Trithemis wernerii
Elegant Dropwing

 

Distribution

Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Distribution Map May 2020Distribution Map
South Africa

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South Africa

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Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing Distribution Map Africa May 2023Dropwing Distribution
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Africa

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Africa 

 South Africa

  • Locally Common in Eastern Cape, through KZN and the northern provinces. 

Africa

  • Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Chad; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Libya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe;
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