Graphic Flutterer

Rhyothemis graphiptera · Order: Odonata · Family: Libellulidae

Also called: Banded Flutterer

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Graphic Flutterer
Photo: Graham Winterflood, CC BY-SA

The graphic flutterer is a medium dragonfly with a wingspan of about 70 mm and a body length near 35 mm. Its dark abdomen and brown-yellow wings marked with dark mottling make it recognizable.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Dark abdomen; brown-yellow wings with dark mottled markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Wingspan about 70 mm; body length about 35 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found near lagoons, lakes, ponds and swamps.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

Assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List and listed in the Catalog of Life.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Also called the graphic flutterer or banded flutterer, a member of the Libellulidae family.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Libellulidae)

Blue DasherBlue DasherPachydiplax longipennisEastern PondhawkEastern PondhawkErythemis simplicicollisCommon WhitetailCommon WhitetailPlathemis lydiaWidow SkimmerWidow SkimmerLibellula luctuosaAutumn MeadowhawkAutumn MeadowhawkSympetrum vicinumCommon DarterCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyothemis_graphiptera

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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