Blackboard Tree vs Long Skimmer

Alstonia scholaris compared with Orthetrum trinacria

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blackboard Tree Long Skimmer
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Odonata (Odonata)
Family Apocynaceae Libellulidae
Genus Alstonia Orthetrum
Species Alstonia scholaris Orthetrum trinacria

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Long Skimmer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blackboard Tree Long Skimmer
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Long Skimmer

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Long Skimmer

No description available.

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