Copera marginipes

Copera marginipes
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Copera
Species: C. marginipes
Binomial name
Copera marginipes
(Rambur, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Copera acutimargo Krug, 1898
  • Platycnemis lacteola Selys, 1863
  • Platycnemis marginipes Rambur, 1842
  • Platycnemis pierrati Navás, 1935

Copera marginipes,[2][1] yellow bush dart,[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is native to Asia, where it is widespread and common.[1]

Commonly found in herbage and stream side vegetation, often at low heights.[1][5][6][3][4]

The male's anal 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. In the related species, Copera vittata, the 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.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sharma, G. (2011). "Copera marginipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T167328A6329262. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "Copera marginipes Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. 1 2 "Copera marginipes Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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