Indolestes pulcherrimus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Lestidae |
Genus: | Indolestes |
Species: | I. pulcherrimus
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Binomial name | |
Indolestes pulcherrimus (Fraser, 1924)
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Synonyms | |
Ceylonlestes pulcherrima Fraser, 1924 [2] |
Indolestes pulcherrimus is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. [1] [3] [4] The species was known only from in Kodagu district, Karnataka. [4] Later it is found in forest swamps in Wayanad district, Kerala too.
It is a medium-sized damselfly with blue eyes. Its prothorax is brownish above and bluish on the sides. Its thorax is dark metallic green on dorsum with a narrow blue mid-dorsal stripe. Sides are blue, marked with a large black spot behind the lateral suture, followed by a smaller one in the middle. Wings are transparent with blackish-brown pterostigma. Abdomen is azure blue on the sides, marked with black on dorsum. The mark on segment 2 looks like a thistle head. Segments 8 is black. The apical half of segment 9 and whole of segment 10 are azure blue. [4] [2]
Female is similar to the male; differs only in the colors. Segment 8-10 are dark brown. [4] [2]
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Indolestes pulcherrimus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Lestidae |
Genus: | Indolestes |
Species: | I. pulcherrimus
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Binomial name | |
Indolestes pulcherrimus (Fraser, 1924)
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Synonyms | |
Ceylonlestes pulcherrima Fraser, 1924 [2] |
Indolestes pulcherrimus is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. [1] [3] [4] The species was known only from in Kodagu district, Karnataka. [4] Later it is found in forest swamps in Wayanad district, Kerala too.
It is a medium-sized damselfly with blue eyes. Its prothorax is brownish above and bluish on the sides. Its thorax is dark metallic green on dorsum with a narrow blue mid-dorsal stripe. Sides are blue, marked with a large black spot behind the lateral suture, followed by a smaller one in the middle. Wings are transparent with blackish-brown pterostigma. Abdomen is azure blue on the sides, marked with black on dorsum. The mark on segment 2 looks like a thistle head. Segments 8 is black. The apical half of segment 9 and whole of segment 10 are azure blue. [4] [2]
Female is similar to the male; differs only in the colors. Segment 8-10 are dark brown. [4] [2]
Data related to Indolestes pulcherrimus at Wikispecies
Media related to Indolestes pulcherrimus at Wikimedia Commons