A Visual Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies of South Africa
© John Wilkinson & Rob Dickinson
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Gynacantha
usambarica
Eastern Duskhawker
Oostelike Skemerventer
South African/African
distribution records
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near_threatened
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ADULT MALES
 
       
TENERAL AND YOUNG MALES
 
       
AGED MALES
       
       
MALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
   
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Gynacantha manderica Gynacantha villosa    
       
ADULT FEMALES
   
       
YOUNG FEMALES
       
AGED FEMALES
     
       
FEMALES - DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION TIPS
 
       
  SIMILAR LOOKING SPECIES  
Gynacantha manderica Gynacantha villosa    
       
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