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This site is where you can find photos and post information on African Odonata.

KD's recent publication:
"The name-bearing types of Odonata held in the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, with systematic notes on Afrotropical taxa. Part 2: Zygoptera and descriptions of new species. International Journal of Odonatology 10: 137-170."

is now available on his website (currently the richest resource on African Odonata on the web).

  Covers the Afrotropic and the African part of the Palearctic Ecozones

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You will find:

• African Species List : 909 species are listed and classified.
• Photo Gallery: 3174 photos of African species.
• The Community Mailing List to communicate with other odonatologists.

   

Africa Dragonfly Community

You are welcome to join the Community, in order to post new pictures or new references and meet other fellow odonatists.

References are grouped into

• Internet links (URL)
• books
• articles (both as reference and hosted on site)

If you want to know more about this site, please refer to our Frequently Asked Question section or e-mail us.

Do you know which species is on the photo 4685 taken in along the track between Ranomafana Village and Vatoharanana camp, in the manioc crops (Madagascar) ?

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Send your answer to the Webmaster with the photo reference number.

Other photos in need of identification: click here.

 Dragonfly.net ring:

• Asian Odonata: www.Asia-Dragonfly.net
• African Odonata: www.Africa-Dragonfly.net
• American Odonata: www.America-Dragonfly.net
• Neotropical Odonata: www.Neotropic-Dragonfly.net

 Note:
Neotropical is dedicated to the Neotropic Ecozone thus only photos taken within this ecozone are considered. This filtering does not apply to the species list.