Species: Rhyothemis phyllis (Sulzer, 1776)
Synonyms: Rhyothemis vitellina Brauer, 1868, Rhyothemis snelleni Selys, 1878, Rhyothemis apicalis Kirby, 1889
Classification
Phylum: Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
  Order: Odonata
   Family: Libellulidae
    Genus: Rhyothemis

Morphology:
Larva:
 
- Body small–medium size
- Antenna 8 segments
- Head smooth, posterior of head slightly convex inward
- Compound eyes small and round
- Labium spoon-shaped, distal part of each palpal lobe with crenuate teeth
- Labial palps with 5 palpal setae
- Premental setae 1 in each side of midline of mentum
- Dorsal prothorax and lateral thorax with brown marks
- Wing-sheaths parallel


Figure
Rhyothemis phyllis, dorsal view of adult (Source: Vannachak, 2009)


Rhyothemis phyllis, A: dorsal view of larva; B: labium (Source: Vannachak, 2009)
Distribution:
 - northen Thailand
 - southwestern Thailand
 - northeastern Thailand
 - central Thailand
 - southeastern Thailand
 - southern Thailand
 - Khon Kaen Province

Work cited:
 - Sites, R.W. and Vitheepradit, A. 2010. Recovery of the freshwater lentic insect fauna in Thailand following the tsunami of 2004. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2): 329–348.
 - Hämäläinen, M. and Pinratana, A. 1999. Atlas of the Dragonflies of Thailand: Distribution Maps by Provinces. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok.
 - Vannachak, V. 2009. Association of Odonnata nymphs and adults in Muang district, Khon Kaen Province. Special study. Khon Kaen University.

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