Aeshna rileyi
| Riley's hawker | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Aeshna |
| Species: | A. rileyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeshna rileyi Calvert, 1892 | |
Aeshna rileyi, the Riley's hawker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and rivers.
References
- Clausnitzer, V. 2005. Aeshna rileyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.
- Warwick & Michèle, Tarboton (2002). A fieldguide to the dragonflies of South Africa.
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