Brachydiplax sobrina | |
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Young adult male | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Brachydiplax |
Species: | B. sobrina
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Binomial name | |
Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
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Synonyms | |
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Brachydiplax sobrina [2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. [1] [3]
It is a small dragonfly with dark-brown eyes. Its thorax is yellowish-brown, with black metallic markings. All marks are obscured by bluish-white pruinescence in adults. Abdomen is black on dorsum, marked with broad yellow spots on the sides in sub-adults and tenerals. All the marks are obscured by blue pruinescence in adults. Female is similar to the teneral male. [4]
It breeds in marshes, ditches, and ponds. [5] [4] [6] [7]
Brachydiplax sobrina | |
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Young adult male | |
Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Brachydiplax |
Species: | B. sobrina
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Binomial name | |
Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
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Synonyms | |
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Brachydiplax sobrina [2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. [1] [3]
It is a small dragonfly with dark-brown eyes. Its thorax is yellowish-brown, with black metallic markings. All marks are obscured by bluish-white pruinescence in adults. Abdomen is black on dorsum, marked with broad yellow spots on the sides in sub-adults and tenerals. All the marks are obscured by blue pruinescence in adults. Female is similar to the teneral male. [4]
It breeds in marshes, ditches, and ponds. [5] [4] [6] [7]