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title: "Obelisco púrpura"
description: "Trithemis annulata — Insectos y arañas. Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, violet-marked darter, purple-blushed darter, or plum-coloured dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/violet-dropwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Obelisco púrpura

> Trithemis annulata — Insectos y arañas. Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, violet-marked darter, purple-blushed darter, or plum-coloured dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

- Scientific name: *Trithemis annulata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos y ríos)
- iNaturalist observations: 15654
- Wikidata: [Q947217](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947217)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114463](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114463)

## Names

- en: Violet Dropwing
- de: Violetter Sonnenzeiger
- es: Obelisco púrpura
- fr: Trithémis pourpré
- nl: Purperlibel

## Countries with the most observations

IT (2853), ES (2595), FR (2028), ZA (1579), PT (1491), IL (643), GR (631), TR (470), AE (275), OM (206), CY (150), MA (116)

## Summary

Trithemis annulata, commonly known as the violet dropwing, violet-marked darter, purple-blushed darter, or plum-coloured dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. These dragonflies are called dropwings because of their habit of immediately lowering their wings after landing on a perch. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings, while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trithemis_annulata

## Photo

![Obelisco púrpura](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/violet-dropwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243644431

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/violet-dropwing?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).