Marsh Skimmer
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. luzonicum
Binomial name
Orthetrum luzonicum
(Brauer, 1868)

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]

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References

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  1. 1 2 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer, 1868". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  3. 1 2 "Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer, 1868". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  4. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  5. ↑ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
  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. 353–354. ISBN 9788181714954.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 433.


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