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Rock scarlet

Crocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898

Status not recordeddragonflies

The rock scarlet (Crocothemis divisa) is a species in the family Libellulidae, order Odonata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mozambique.

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Quick facts about the rock scarlet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the rock scarlet live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The rock scarlet is listed for 1 country.

Mozambique
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mozambique

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the rock scarlet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rock scarlet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyLibellulidae
  6. genusCrocothemis
  7. SpeciesCrocothemis divisa Karsch, 1898

Synonyms Beblecia adolescens, Crocothemis ikutana

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Divisa scarletEnglish
  • Slender scarletEnglish
  • Slender scarlet-darterEnglish
  • RotsvuurlibelDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rock scarlet

Other species in the same genus Crocothemis.

Small scarlet

Crocothemis sanguinolenta

LibellulidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the rock scarlet live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the rock scarlet for 1 country: Mozambique. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the rock scarlet?

The rock scarlet (Crocothemis divisa) belongs to the family Libellulidae in the order Odonata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rock scarlet (Crocothemis divisa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-scarlet

MLA

“Rock scarlet (Crocothemis divisa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-scarlet.

BibTeX
@misc{rock_scarlet_2026,
  title = {Rock scarlet (Crocothemis divisa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rock-scarlet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}