Rhyothemis variegata aria (variegated flutterer)

Family Libellulidae

The most beautiful dragonfly in Niaosong Wetland Park, the Rhyothemis variegata aria (variegated flutterer) has yellow-and-brown wings. Because it is slow in flying, it is nicknamed “butterfly dragonfly.” It often hovers in groups over woods or perches on pond shore underbrush.

  Photographed by Wang Chien-de