Orthetrum glaucum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | 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]
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. The abdomens of females and juvenile males are golden in color, with brown stripes along the sides of the thorax. [7] Despite their visual similarities, females and juvenile males can be distinguished by the shape of their final abdomen segment.
It breeds in marshes associated with forest streams, plantations and canals. [8] [9]