Butterfly flutterer
The butterfly flutterer is a short, stout dragonfly with wide, dark wings that shimmer deep blue. It flutters around like a butterfly, which is how it got its name. In the right light its wings can even look golden.
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Fun facts
In Japan it is called chou-tonbo, which means butterfly dragonfly.
In the evening it flies into the forest and rests high up in the treetops.
Males have spots on the tips of their back wings, so you can tell them from the females.
Its wing patterns may help it find a partner of the right kind.
Most asked questions about Butterfly flutterer
?What does the butterfly flutterer eat?
Flying insects, especially mosquitoes.
?When can I see the butterfly flutterer?
From June to September, around ponds and marshes.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rhyothemis fuliginosa
- Group
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Family
- Libellulidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Odonata > Libellulidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Butterfly dragonfly
Where the facts come from
- Rhyothemis fuliginosa (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Navian. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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