Tropical whitetip | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Synlestidae |
Genus: | Episynlestes |
Species: | E. cristatus
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Binomial name | |
Episynlestes cristatus | |
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Episynlestes cristatus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae, [3] commonly known as a tropical whitetip. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest. [5]
Episynlestes cristatus is a large, very slender damselfly, coloured a dull bronze-black with white markings. It often perches with its wings outspread. [6]
Tropical whitetip | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Synlestidae |
Genus: | Episynlestes |
Species: | E. cristatus
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Binomial name | |
Episynlestes cristatus | |
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Episynlestes cristatus is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae, [3] commonly known as a tropical whitetip. [4] It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, where it inhabits streams in rainforest. [5]
Episynlestes cristatus is a large, very slender damselfly, coloured a dull bronze-black with white markings. It often perches with its wings outspread. [6]