Vestalis gracilis

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Clear-winged forest glory
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Male
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Genus: Vestalis
Species:
V. gracilis
Binomial name
Vestalis gracilis
(Rambur, 1842)
Synonyms [2]

Calopteryx gracilis Rambur, 1842

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Vestalis gracilis,Clear-winged Forest Glory
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Vestalis gracilis young male

Vestalis gracilis, [2] [3] is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is known commonly as the clear-winged forest glory [4] [5] or clear-winged flash-wing. [4] It is native to Southeast Asia and surrounding regions. [1] [6]

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Description

The male and female are similar in size; the male having an abdomen 45 to 46 millimeters long and a hindwing 34 to 38 millimeters long and the female with an abdomen 43 to 50 millimeters long and a hindwing 36 to 39 millimeters long. [7] [8] [9] [4] [5]

The male is iridescent green with a yellow and black underside. It has brown legs and blue-tinged transparent wings. The eyes are dark brown above and greenish yellow below. The female is duller greenish brown in color. [7] [8] [4]

Habitat

This is a common species across much of its range. It breeds in forest streams, often in disturbed and cultivated areas too. [1] Commonly seen as a group rest among bushes in forest paths and shades together with Vestalis apicalis . [7] [8] [4]

Subspecies

A subspecies, V. g. montana Fraser, 1934, has been described from Western Ghats of South India. [1] It is now synonymised with V. a. submontana and is considered as a separate species Vestalis submontana . [2] [10] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Vestalis gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T163667A5632782. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163667A5632782.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
  3. 1 2 M. Hamalainen. "Calopterygoidea of the World" (PDF). caloptera.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vestalis gracilis Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  5. 1 2 "Vestalis gracilis Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  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. 70–71. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
  7. 1 2 3 Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  8. 1 2 3 C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp.  126-130.
  9. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 479.
  10. ↑ M. Hamalainen. "NOTES ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF VESTALIS SUBMONTANA ERASER, 1934 FROM SOUTH INDIA (ZYGOPTERA: CALOPTERYGIDAE)" (PDF). caloptera.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
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