Orthetrum luzonicum

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]

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

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

References
  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.
  2. "Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer, 1868". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  3. "Orthetrum luzonicum Brauer, 1868". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  4. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  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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