Global InformationRhyothemis fuliginosa information
| Butterfly dragonfly | |
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| Male | |
Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Rhyothemis |
| Species: | R. fuliginosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, 1883
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| Synonyms | |
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Rhyothemis noshime Asahina, 1982 | |
Rhyothemis fuliginosa, also known as the butterfly dragonfly or the butterfly flutterer,[3] is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found throughout East Asia, in the countries of Japan, China, Taiwan, and the Korean Peninsula.[4][5]
In Japan, R. fuliginosa is known as チョウトンボ (chou-tonbo, 蝶蜻蛉) which directly translates to "butterfly dragonfly."[6] In China and Taiwan, it is known as 黑翅蜻蜓 (Hēi chì qīngtíng), meaning "black-winged dragonfly."[7] In Korea it is also known as 나비잠자리 (Nabi jamjari) meaning "butterfly dragonfly".[8]
Flights occur between the months of June and September.[9][10] They are most active from early summer to the mid-autumn season.[11]
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- ^ Hooper, Rowan (26 May 2005). "Butterfly dragonfly". The Japan Times. News2u Holdings. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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- ^ He, Wenqi; Qiu, Hanyan; Tang, Xinjie; Wi, Rongxuan; Chen, Cilong (1 July 2007). "三種台灣新紀錄蜻蜓, Three Species of Dragonflies Newly Recorded to Taiwan". 特有生物研究 (9:2): 53–62. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "나비잠자리". Naver Terms (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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