Pseudagrion rubriceps

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Saffron-faced blue dart
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Pseudagrion
Species:
P. rubriceps
Binomial name
Pseudagrion rubriceps
Selys, 1876
Synonyms
  • Pseudagrion flavifronsNeedham & Gyger, 1939
  • Archibasis ceylonicaKirby, 1891

Pseudagrion rubriceps, [2] [1] saffron-faced blue dart, [3] [4] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in many tropical Asian countries. [1] [5]

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Description and habitat

It is a medium sized damselfly with bright orange eyes, greenish below. The male is easily distinguished from all other Pseudagrion species by the brilliant reddish-orange face, from which it derives its common name. Its thorax is olive green above and azure blue on the sides. There is a narrow mid-dorsal carina and humeral stripes in black. Abdomen is blue on the sides, broadly marked with black on dorsum, up to segment 8. Segments 9 and 10 are azure blue without any marks. Anal appendages are black. [6]

Eyes, face and thorax of the female is yellowish green, marked as in the male. Color of the abdomen is similar to the male; but paler. Segments 8 and 9 are also black with fine apical blue rings. Segment 10 is pale blue. [6]

Widely distributed throughout the plains and submontane areas. It breeds in weedy streams and ponds. [6] [7] [8] [3] [4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized. [9]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pal, M. (2011). "Pseudagrion rubriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T167385A6339532. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T167385A6339532.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound . Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. 1 2 "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. ↑ 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. 179–180. ISBN   9788181714954.
  6. 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.  296–299.
  7. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 497.
  8. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876".

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