Orthetrum glaucum
Orthetrum glaucum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Orthetrum |
Species: | O. glaucum |
Binomial name | |
Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865) | |
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Orthetrum glaucum[2] is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk.[1][3][4][5][6]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized dragonfly with dark face and greenish blue eyes. The thorax of old males are dark blue due to pruinescence. Its wings are transparent with dark amber-yellow tint in the extreme base. Its abdomen is pruinosed with blue color up to segment 8; last two segments are black. It breeds in marshes associated with forest streams, plantations and canals.[7][8]
See also
References
- 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Orthetrum glaucum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T163780A5650496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163780A5650496.en.
- ↑ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
- ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
- ↑ "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ↑ "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ↑ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 351–352. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 307–309.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 433.
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