| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | ARTHROPODA | INSECTA | ODONATA | LIBELLULIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Orthetrum chrysostigma | ||||||
| Species Authority: | (Burmeister, 1839) | ||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Libellula barbara Selys, 1849
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s: | Clausnitzer, V. |
| Reviewer/s: | Clausnitzer, V., Dijkstra, K.-D.B. & Suhling, F. (Odonata Red List Authority) |
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Justification: Assessed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. |
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| Range Description: | Global distribution: Widespread in continental Africa except dense forest, southern Europe, middle East, and southern Asia. In East Africa the species is common and widespread in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi. Its occurrence in Burundi is assumed. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Liberia; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Presence uncertain:
Burundi
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| Population: | Population size is unknown. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Pools, swampy habitats in savanna, bush, woodlands. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Citation: | Clausnitzer, V. 2006. Orthetrum chrysostigma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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