---
title: "Common Picture Wing"
description: "Rhyothemis variegata — Insetti e ragni. Rhyothemis variegata, known as the common picture wing, variegated flutterer, yellow-striped flutterer or yellow-barred flutterer,"
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-picture-wing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Picture Wing

> Rhyothemis variegata — Insetti e ragni. Rhyothemis variegata, known as the common picture wing, variegated flutterer, yellow-striped flutterer or yellow-barred flutterer,
is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae,
found in South Asia, Indochina, southern China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and islands in the Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Rhyothemis variegata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 15656
- Wikidata: [Q1318096](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318096)
- iNaturalist taxon: [82001](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82001)

## Names

- en: Common Picture Wing
- de: Buntscheckiger Schöntuer

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4626), AU (2387), SG (2082), TH (1109), TW (1104), HK (985), MY (501), ID (413), VN (346), CN (332), LK (325), KH (251)

## Summary

Rhyothemis variegata, known as the common picture wing, variegated flutterer, yellow-striped flutterer or yellow-barred flutterer,
is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae,
found in South Asia, Indochina, southern China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Common Picture Wing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-picture-wing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Gina and Bella The Explorers · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272850601

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-picture-wing?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).