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Brown-backed Red Marsh Hawk
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Brown-backed Red Marsh Hawk

Orthetrum chrysis

The Spine-tufted skimmer, or Crimson-tailed marsh Hawk, brown-backed red marsh hawk, (Orthetrum chrysis) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 107952.