Saffron-faced blue dart
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Pseudagrion
Species:
P. rubriceps
Binomial name
Pseudagrion rubriceps
Selys, 1876
Synonyms
  • Pseudagrion flavifrons Needham & Gyger, 1939
  • Archibasis ceylonica Kirby, 1891

Pseudagrion rubriceps,[2][1] saffron-faced blue dart,[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in many tropical Asian countries.[1][5]

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized damselfly with bright orange eyes, greenish below. The male is easily distinguished from all other Pseudagrion species by the brilliant reddish-orange face, from which it derives its common name. Its thorax is olive green above and azure blue on the sides. There is a narrow mid-dorsal carina and humeral stripes in black. Abdomen is blue on the sides, broadly marked with black on dorsum, up to segment 8. Segments 9 and 10 are azure blue without any marks. Anal appendages are black.[6]

Eyes, face and thorax of the female is yellowish green, marked as in the male. Color of the abdomen is similar to the male; but paler. Segments 8 and 9 are also black with fine apical blue rings. Segment 10 is pale blue.[6]

Widely distributed throughout the plains and submontane areas. It breeds in weedy streams and ponds.[6][7][8][3][4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized.[9]

  • Pseudagrion rubriceps ceylonicum - Endemic to Sri Lanka
  • Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps - Other Asian countries.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pal, M. (2011). "Pseudagrion rubriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T167385A6339532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T167385A6339532.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. 1 2 "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. ↑ 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. 179–180. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. 1 2 3 C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 296–299.
  7. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 497.
  8. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876".

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