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| Neurothemis | Trithemis | Orthetrum | Rhyothemis | Diplacodes | Tholymis | Gomphidae | Others |
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| Neurothemis fulvia female | Neurothemis fulvia male | ||
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| Neurothemis fulvia male Common all the year | Neurothemis possibly fluctuans (female) | possibly Neurothemis intermedia atalanta male widespread | Neurothemis intermedia atalanta female |
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| Neurothemis tullia common in lowlands all year | female Neurothemis tullia | juvenile male of Neurothemis tullia. | |
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Neurothemis tullia female |
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| Trithemis pallidinervis (Dancing Dropwing) Common, widespread all year | |||
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Trithemis festiva male again |
probably Trithemis festiva male |
probably Trithemis festiva male | |
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Trithemis aurora ( Dawn Dropwing) common in forested areas throughout the year |
Trithemis aurora female | ||
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| Trithemis aurora | Trithemis festiva | ||
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| Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum Fairly common in forests all year | |||
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| Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum | |||
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Orthetrum triangulare. Common in the north in mountainous areas |
female Orthetrum | ||
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Orthetrum sabina very common esp in cultivated areas all the year |
Orthetrum sabina which has just caught a grasshopper | Orthetrum sabina on right; Orthetrum sp. on left | |
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| Orthetrum sabina | Orthetrum sabina | ||
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| Orthetrum luzonicum? Female | Orthetrum luzonicum male local species mainly forested areas Mar-Nov | Orthetrum ?luzonicum female | Orthetrum sp. female |
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| Orthetrum glaucum, teneral male | Orthetrum glaucum teneral specimen | Orthetrum glaucum male |
Orthetrum glaucum male common in forested areas |
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| Rhyothemis plutonia Local lowland species |
Rhyothemis plutonia again, one of my favourite dragonflies in March and April |
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Rhyothemis variegata |
Rhyothemis variegata | Rhyothemis triangularis female (Libellulidae): uncommon but found all year | |
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| Rhyothemis phyllis Widespread and common all year. Tend to flutter and can easily be mistaken for a butterfly |
Rhyothemis phyllis and close-up |
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| Diplacodes trivialis female very common all year | Diplacodes trivialis female |
Diplacodes trivialis |
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| Tholymis | |||
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| Tholymis tillarga. Common throughout the country all the year | Tholymis tillarga common throughout the country all year | ||
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| Ictinogomphus decoratus melaenops ? widespread and common, mainly on stagnant water, all the year | either undescribed species of Lamelligomphus or Amphigomphus somnuki | ||
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| an urban dragonfly- flew into a house in the middle of town: Gynacantha sp. male | Gomphidae sp. Female | Gomphidae sp. just emerged specimen | |
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possibly Paragomphus capricornis female |
possibly Merogomphus parvus male | female gomphid just emerged | |
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| probably Burmagomphus sp. | |||
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Many thanks to Nick Donnelly and Matti Hamalainen for supplying most of the id's
For identifying species I find the most useful source is M. Hamalainen & Amnuay Pinratana: Atlas of the Dragonflies of Thailand. However, as I don't collect specimens, many of the id's are tentative.