A Red Parasol Dragonfly: Neurothemis terminata (male)

I found this red dragonfly around the house in Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia. 

Common name	Straight-edged Red Parasol
Indonesian name	Capung merah

Classification of A Red Parasol Dragonfly: Neurothemis terminata

	Natura - nature
	Mundus Plinius - physical world
	Naturalia
	Biota
Domain	Eukaryota - eukaryotes
Kingdom	Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom	Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch	Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Infrakingdom	Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
Superphylum	Panarthropoda
Phylum	Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
Subphylum	Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
Infraphylum	Atelocerata
Superclass	Panhexapoda
Epiclass	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
Subclass	Dicondylia
Infraclass	Pterygota
Superorder	Odonatoptera
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 - dragonflies and damselflies
Suborder	Epiprocta
Infraorder	Anisoptera
Superfamily	Libelluloidea Rambur, 1842
Family	Libellulidae™ Rambur, 1842
Subfamily	Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917
Genus	Neurothemis Brauer, 1867
Specific name	terminata subsp. obscura - Fraser, 1926
Scientific name	Neurothemis terminata subsp. obscura Fraser, 1926

Camera: Sony Ericsson K800i
Location: Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia 

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references:

• taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=1135639&tree=0.1
• zipcodezoo.com/Animals/N/Neurothemis_terminata/

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