Archibasis oscillans

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Archibasis oscillans
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Male, Kadavoor, Kerala
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Archibasis
Species:
A. oscillans
Binomial name
Archibasis oscillans
(Sélys, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Pseudagrion praeclarumFraser, 1924 [2]
  • Archibasis mimetes praeclaraFraser, 1933 [3]
  • Stenobasis oscillansSelys, 1877
  • Archibasis oscillans hanwellanensisConniff & Bedjanic, 2013
Archibasis oscillans, long-banded bluetail Archibasis oscillans, long-banded bluetail.jpg
Archibasis oscillans, long-banded bluetail

Archibasis oscillans, [4] long-banded bluetail, [5] is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found from India, Thailand, Laos, and Indonesia. [1] [6]

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Description and habitat

It is slender and long damselfly with blue capped light blue eyes. Its thorax is black with azure blue antehumeral stripes followed by blue on lateral sides. Abdomen is black on dorsum and greenish yellow on the ventral half of the lateral sides up to segment 7. Remaining segments are azure blue with apical black rings. Female is similar to the male; though a bit robust and paler in colors. [3]

It breeds in lowland forest streams and rivers. [3] [2] [7] [8] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dow, R.A. (2019). "Archibasis oscillans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T163592A135432881. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T163592A135432881.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). pp. 493–494.
  3. 1 2 3 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. pp.  310-312.
  4. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  5. 1 2 "Archibasis oscillans Selys, 1877". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  6. ↑ 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. 148–149. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
  7. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  8. ↑ "Archibasis oscillans Selys, 1877". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-27.

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