Copera vittata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platycnemididae |
| Genus: | Copera |
| Species: | C. vittata |
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Copera vittata (Selys, 1863) |
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Copera vittata is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is native to Asia, where it is widely distributed from India to Indonesia. It is known commonly as the blue bush dart.
There are several subspecies and it may represent a species complex. There are two color morphs, one with red legs and one with yellow.
This damselfly can live in many types of standing-water habitat, such as lakes and swamps.
The male's anal appendages are pale blue or creamy white. The superiors are as long as segment 10 and the inferiors nearly twice the length of superiors. The inferiors are pale within, blackish-brown externally. In the related species, Copera marginipes, the appendages are pale yellow to white. The superiors are half the length of segment 10 and inferiors are at least four times the length of superiors. The inferiors tipped with black beneath.
Male anal appendages (Copera vittata)
Male anal appendages (Copera marginipes)
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