Biology:Vestalis gracilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Genus: | Vestalis |
| Species: | V. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vestalis gracilis (Rambur, 1842)
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Calopteryx gracilis Rambur, 1842 | |
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]
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. 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]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Vestalis gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163667A5632782.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163667/5632782. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 M. Hamalainen. "Calopterygoidea of the World". caloptera.com. http://caloptera.com/World-Calopterygoidea-List.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Vestalis gracilis Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228510.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Vestalis gracilis Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/243/Vestalis-gracilis.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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. https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2.
- ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. p. 479. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf.
- ↑ M. Hamalainen. "NOTES ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF VESTALIS SUBMONTANA ERASER, 1934 FROM SOUTH INDIA (ZYGOPTERA: CALOPTERYGIDAE)". caloptera.com. http://www.caloptera.com/pdf/Hamalainen%202011%20Taxonomic%20status%20of%20Vestalis%20submontana.pdf.
External links
Data related to Vestalis gracilis at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q4638062 entry
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