Copera vittata

Copera vittata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Copera
Species: C. vittata
Binomial name
Copera vittata
(Selys, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Psilocnemis vittata Selys, 1863
  • Psilocnemis serapica Hagen in Selys, 1863
  • Psilocnemis atomaria Selys, 1886
  • Psilocnemis acutimargo Krüger, 1898

Copera vittata[2][1] is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is native to Asia, where it is widely distributed from India to Indonesia.[1] It is known commonly as the blue bush dart.[3][4]

There are several subspecies and it may represent a species complex.[1] There are two color morphs, one with red legs and one with yellow.[5]

This damselfly can live in many types of standing-water habitat, such as lakes and swamps.[1][1][6][7][3][4]

The male's anal appendages are pale blue or creamy white. The superiors are as long as segment 10 and the inferiors nearly twice the length of superiors. The inferiors are pale within, blackish-brown externally. In the related species, Copera marginipes, the appendages are pale yellow to white. The superiors are half the length of segment 10 and inferiors are at least four times the length of superiors. The inferiors tipped with black beneath.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Subramanian, K.A. (2010). "Copera vittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167387A6339890. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "CCopera vittata Selys, 1863". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. 1 2 "Copera vittata Selys, 1863". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. ↑ Lim, P., et al. (2013). Distinct genetic clades of Malaysian Copera damselflies and the phylogeny of platycnemine subfamilies. Scientific Reports 3. Article Number 2977.
  6. 1 2 C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis.
  7. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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