Dragonfly found in vietnam

The new dragon-fly species, the Aethriamanta aethra, has been found in Vietnam during the survey done by WAR at U Minh Thuong National Park in March 2011. The species, found in the National Park, has different colors according to its age and gender.

The male and female aethriamanta aethra are different in colors as said before. The male looks light yellow when it’s small and turns into violet as the animal grows up. The female is yellow with black spots.
According to WAR, there could be many new species of dragonfly in the wetland area in southern Vietnam. So WAR will continue their research in order to find more species in Vietnam and verify all dragonfly taxonomy at the U Minh Thuong National Park.




This dragonfly is named as Chuon chuon tram in Vietnamese. Dragonfly has been found before in other countries such as Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia but has no English name.

Do Manh Cuong, a dragon-fly conservation specialist and Bui Huu Manh, a biologist from WAR, found the species in March.The natural vegetation consists of four main classes and it has been classified into ten types. Melaleuca forests, seasonally inundated grasslands, permanent swamps and vegetation along canals and streams. The forest at U Minh Thuong contains many rare animal and bird species.