Pseudagrion rubriceps

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]

Saffron-faced blue dart
Male
Female
Scientific classification
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

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. Pal, M. (2011). "Pseudagrion rubriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T167385A6339532.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. "Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. "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. 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. http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2009/2009nis209-214.pdf
  10. https://www.gbif.org/species/1422910

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