Biology:Vestalis apicalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Genus: | Vestalis |
| Species: | V. apicalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vestalis apicalis Sélys, 1873
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Vestalis apicalis,[2] or the black-tipped forest glory,[3][4] is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][5]
Subspecies
V. apicalis apicalis is commonly found in the hill streams of Western Ghats. Two more subspecies are recognised; V. a. nigrescens Fraser 1929 from Sri Lanka and V. a. submontana Fraser 1934 from India . Records of V. a. submontana are from the Nilgiri Hills and Eastern Ghats. V. a. nigrescens is confined to Sri Lanka, where it appears to be quite widely distributed.[1] V. a. submontana is now considered as a separate species Vestalis submontana.[2][6][7]
Description and habitat
It is a large metallic emerald-green colored damselfly with brown capped yellowish green eyes. The apices of all wings are broadly tipped with blackish-brown. Female is similar to the male; but dull colors and the apical marking usually paler and less sharply defined. It breeds in forest streams. Commonly seen as a group rest among bushes in forest paths and shades together with Vestalis gracilis.[8][9][10][3][4]
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dow, R.A. (2009). "Vestalis apicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163741A5644374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163741A5644374.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163741/5644374. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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 "Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228509.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/242/Vestalis-apicalis.
- ↑ 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. 68–69. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ M. Hamalainen. "Calopterygoidea of the World". caloptera.com. http://caloptera.com/World-Calopterygoidea-List.pdf.
- ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide. http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies.
- ↑ 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. 128–130. 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. pp. 479. http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q9368474 entry
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