Lyriothemis

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

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]

Species

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

^ Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Csiro Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-643-10249-1.
^ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
^ "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.

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[Silsby-1] Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. Csiro Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-643-10249-1.

[2] Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.

[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.

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Lyriothemis

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