Orthetrum glaucum

Orthetrum glaucum[2] is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk.[1][3][4][5][6]

Orthetrum glaucum
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Orthetrum
Species:
O. glaucum
Binomial name
Orthetrum glaucum
(Brauer, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Orthetrum gangi Sahni, 1965
  • Orthetrum nicevillei Kirby, 1894

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with dark face and greenish blue eyes. The thorax of old males are dark blue due to pruinescence. Its wings are transparent with dark amber-yellow tint in the extreme base. Its abdomen is pruinosed with blue color up to segment 8; last two segments are black. It breeds in marshes associated with forest streams, plantations and canals.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2009). "Orthetrum glaucum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163780A5650496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163780A5650496.en.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
  4. "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  5. "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  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. 351–352. 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. 307-309.
  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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