Biology:Epophthalmia frontalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Macromiidae |
| Genus: | Epophthalmia |
| Species: | E. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Epophthalmia frontalis Selys, 1871
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Epophthalmia frontalis[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is found in India , Nepal, Thailand, and other southeast Asian countries.[3][1]
Description
It is a large dragonfly with bluish-green eyes. Its thorax is dark reddish-brown with a dark green metallic reflex, marked with yellow. There is a narrow antehumeral stripe, and an oblique narrow stripe on each side; the two stripes meeting over the dorsum between the wings. Abdomen is black, changing to dark reddish-brown at the terminal segments, ringed with bright ochreous yellow. The base of segment 1 is yellow. Segment 2 has a narrow ring as in Epophthalmia vittata. Segment 3 has a complete broad ring occupying the apical two-thirds of the segment. Segments 4 to 7 have a broad basal ring. Segment 8 has a broad basal triangle of yellow. Segment 10 has a basal vestige of yellow. Segment 10 is entirely yellow. Anal appendages are reddish-brown.[4]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sharma, G.; Dow, R.A. (2010). "Epophthalmia frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T169181A6576838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T169181A6576838.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169181/6576838. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 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. 280. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 197-199. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n207.
Wikidata ☰ Q2177353 entry
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