Camacinia gigantea

Sultan
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Camacinia
Species:
C. gigantea
Binomial name
Camacinia gigantea
(Brauer, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Neurothemis gigantea Brauer, 1867

Camacinia gigantea, the sultan, is a species of libellulid dragonfly.[1]

The sultan is found in forests of mainland and maritime Southeast Asia. It has been recorded from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,[2] Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Philippines. In India, it is known from the eastern states of West Bengal, Assam and Nagaland, the central states of Orissa[3] and Madhya Pradesh, and from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory.[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  2. ^ "The Sultan - Camacinia gigantea". Singapore Geographic. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  3. ^ Dash, Suraj Kumar (2025-03-15). "First report on Odonates from Ghandhamardan Hills, Western Odisha, India". Entomologica Hellenica. 34 (1): 1–8. doi:10.12681/eh.38474. ISSN 2459-3885.
  4. ^ Sivaperuman, Chandrakasan; Banerjee, Dhriti; Tripathy, Basudev; Chandra, Kailash (2022-11-22). Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-19-5158-9.