Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Sympetrum fonscolombii Red-veined Darter
Animal Group:	Dragonfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Libellulidae
Description:	Male Sympetrum fonscolombii has brownish red synthorax with two whitish side-stripes. Its abdomen is also red with characteristic black droplet markings on the dorsum of segments 8-9. Males have well-defined golden spot on the base of hind wings and basally red wing veins. Legs are black with narrow yellow stripes. Females resemble males but are overall ochreous.

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status

Least Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Recorded in two locations in Hong Kong only. Believed to be migratory. Considered as vagrant. Global Distribution Africa, southern Europe, central and southern Asia, China (including Xinjiang, Shanxi and Taiwan) and Japan.

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