Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Orthetrum triangulare triangulare Lesser Blue Skimmer
Animal Group:	Dragonfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Libellulidae
Description:	Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 29mm - 33mm Male Hindwing : 37mm - 41mm Female Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 29mm - 32mm Female Hindwing : 37mm

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Common

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status

Least Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed in ponds, marshes and slow-flowing streams adjacent to woodlands throughout Hong Kong. Global Distribution Afghanistan, Burma, China (including Taiwan), India, Laos, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The subspecies O. t. malaccense Förster is known from Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.

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References

More on Dragonfly in HK

Wilson, K.D.P., Tam, T.W., Kwan, S.P., Wu, K.Y., Wong, S.F., Wong, K. 2003. Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Hong Kong. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong

Asia Dragonfly (http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/)

Zhang, H. M. (2019). Dragonflies and damselflies of China. Chongqing University Press, Chongqing.