Banded Skimmer Image Gallery
Banded Skimmer, Orthetrum brachiale, Gebande Skepper.
Banded Skimmer Image Gallery Images to assist with the identification of dragonflies species Banded Skimmer, Orthetrum brachiale, Gebande Skepper.
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Distribution:
South Africa:
- Rare savanna species in South Africa that ranges across the warm sub-tropical eastern and northern parts of Limpopo Mpumalanga and KZN provinces
Africa:
- Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinee-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of Guinea; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; São Tomé & Príncipe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Further reading:
Websites of note
A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Odonata Atlas of Africa. VMU Number 667830
Credit for description to Michael J Samways.