Scarlet dwarf
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| Scarlet dwarf (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Nannophya |
| Species: | N. pygmaea
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| Nannophya pygmaea | |
Nannophya pygmaea, known variously as the scarlet dwarf, northern pygmyfly, or tiny dragonfly, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae,[3] native from Southeast Asia to China and Japan, occasionally found south to Australia.
Description
[edit | edit source]This species has the distinction of being the smallest of the dragonflies, with a wingspan of only 20 mm (0.79 in).
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)..
- Scarlet dwarf at ARCBC
- Northern pygmyfly at CSIRO
- Scarlet dwarf Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine at bjbug.com
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