Blue-banded longtail | |
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Male, Cairns | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Archibasis |
Species: | A. mimetes
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Binomial name | |
Archibasis mimetes | |
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Archibasis mimetes is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, [3] commonly known as a blue-banded longtail. [4] It is a medium-sized damselfly; the male is bright blue and black. [4] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia, [5] where it inhabits streams. [6]
The species name mimetes is from a Greek word meaning imitative. Robin Tillyard named this species of damselfly after its close resemblance to Pseudagrion australasiae. [2] [7]
Blue-banded longtail | |
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Male, Cairns | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Archibasis |
Species: | A. mimetes
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Binomial name | |
Archibasis mimetes | |
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Archibasis mimetes is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, [3] commonly known as a blue-banded longtail. [4] It is a medium-sized damselfly; the male is bright blue and black. [4] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia, [5] where it inhabits streams. [6]
The species name mimetes is from a Greek word meaning imitative. Robin Tillyard named this species of damselfly after its close resemblance to Pseudagrion australasiae. [2] [7]