Biology:Orthetrum luzonicum
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Short description: Species of dragonfly
| Marsh Skimmer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Orthetrum |
| Species: | O. luzonicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)
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The Marsh skimmer, also known as tricolored marsh hawk,[2][3] and slender blue skimmer, (Orthetrum luzonicum)[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries.[5][1][2][3][6]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized dragonfly with yellowish white face and blue eyes. Its thorax is yellowish green with some brown stripes. Its wings are transparent, including the base. Its abdomen is pruinosed with azure blue up to the last segments. In old adults, thorax will also get pruinosed, obscuring whole the marks. Females and young males are yellowish green. They breed in marshes and swampy areas in the plains.[7][8]
female
mating
See also
- List of odonates of Sri Lanka
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dow, R.A. (2010). "Orthetrum luzonicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T167309A6326889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167309A6326889.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167309/6326889. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer, 1868". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227927.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer, 1868". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/612/Orthetrum-luzonicum.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
- ↑ 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. 353-354. 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. 298-300. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. pp. 433. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2635040 entry
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