Ischnura aurora

Golden dartlet
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Species: I. aurora
Binomial name
Ischnura aurora
(Brauer, 1865)[2]
Synonyms
  • Agrion aurora Brauer, 1865
  • Agrion spinicauda Brauer, 1865
  • Ischnura bhimtalensis Sahni, 1965
  • Ischnura delicata Hagen, 1876
  • Ischnura rhodosoma Lieftinck, 1959

Ischnura aurora,[3][1] golden dartlet,[4][5] also known as the aurora bluetail,[6] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][7]

Adults

A small apple green damselfly with black thoracic stripes and blue tipped yellow tail.[8][9][4][5]

Male

Eyes: Black half moon like cap above, olive green to dark olive below, which fade to pale olive beneath. Two azure blue spots are present behind the eyes. Thorax: Shining black with two pale grass green stripes. Sides are light green and white below. Legs: Pale greenish white with vertical stripe on femur, just above femur - tibia joint. Wings: Transparent. Wing spot: The wing spots are different in fore and hindwings. It is rose-red in forewings and uniform pale grey in hindwings. Abdomen: Bright yellow. The second and seventh segments has upper narrow and broad black marks respectively. Segments 8-10 are entirely azure blue. The 10th segment has an upper black spot.[4][5]

Female

Eyes: Brown half moon like cap above, green to pale green below. Thorax: Shining black with two orange stripes. Sides are pale green. Legs: Pale white with vertical black stripes on femur, just above femur - tibia joint. Abdomen: A broad black stripe runs along the upper side of abdomen. Segments 8 - 10 do not have azure blue markings.[4][5]

Habitat

Found among vegetation along the banks of ponds, rivers, canals, marshes and wet rice fields.[1]

Distribution

Widely distributed from Pakistan and India in Asia to Australia and Pacific Islands.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dow, R.A., Rowe, R. & Marinov, M. (2013). "Ischnura aurora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T167375A1177456. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T167375A1177456.en. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  2. ↑ Brauer, F. (1865). "Dritter Bericht über die auf der Weltfahrt der kais. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Libellulinen". Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 15: 501-512 [510] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  6. ↑ Theischinger, Gunther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO. p. 96. ISBN 0643090738.
  7. ↑ "Species Ischnura aurora (Brauer, 1865)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

See also

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