Fauna - Vertebrates

Palpopleura portia - Portia Widow

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Libellulidae - Skimmers, Dropwings
Palpopleura portia
Portia Widow

More information on this species

Photographer/Source: Christopher K Willis - © Christopher K Willis


Features
pale blue broad abdomen with dark tip (male)

pale blue broad abdomen with dark tip (male)

wings with black deeply notched patch (male)

wings with black deeply notched patch (male)

broad abdomen, dark with yellow patches (female)

broad abdomen, dark with yellow patches (female)

wings with black deeply notched indented patch, orange around patches, but not reaching edge of wing (female)

wings with black deeply notched indented patch, orange around patches, but not reaching edge of wing (female)

More photos on other websites:
Look for Palpopleura_portia on iNaturalist
UCT Animal Demography Unit Virtual Museum
 



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