Camacinia gigantea
| Sultan | |
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| Female | |
| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Camacinia |
| Species: | C. gigantea
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| Binomial name | |
| Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)
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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
- ^ a b "Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ "The Sultan - Camacinia gigantea". Singapore Geographic. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.