Lyriothemis is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae and belong to the suborder Anisoptera, found in eastern Asia. Some members of this genus lay their eggs in water-filled crevices and holes in trees and fallen logs.[1]

Lyriothemis
Forest Chaser
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Libellulinae
Genus: Lyriothemis
Brauer, 1868

Species

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The genus contains the following species:[2]

Male Female Scientific name Distribution
    Lyriothemis acigastra (Selys, 1878) Burma, China and Tibet
Lyriothemis biappendiculata (Selys, 1878) Peninsular Malaysia
Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur, 1842) India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
  Lyriothemis cleis Brauer, 1868 Bangladesh; Brunei; India; Indonesia; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak); Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
  Lyriothemis defonsekai van der Poorten, 2009 Sri Lanka
  Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 - Forest Chaser[3] Thailand, China
Lyriothemis eurydice Ris, 1909 Celebes
Lyriothemis hirundo Ris, 1913 New Guinea
Lyriothemis latro Needham & Gyger, 1937 Philippines
Lyriothemis magnificata (Selys, 1878) Thailand, Borneo
Lyriothemis meyeri (Selys, 1878) New Guinea
Lyriothemis mortoni Ris, 1919 India, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam
    Lyriothemis pachygastra (Selys, 1878) China, Japan
Lyriothemis salva Ris, 1927 Indonesia.
    Lyriothemis tricolor Selys, 1919 Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Myanmar, and Taiwan.

References

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  1. ^ Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Csiro Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-643-10249-1.
  2. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ^ "Lyriothemis elegantissima". Hong Kong Biodiversity Online. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of HKSAR Government. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2010.