Fauna - Vertebrates

Ischnura senegalensis - Tropical Bluetail

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Odonata, Family: Coenagrionidae - Sprites
Ischnura senegalensis
Tropical Bluetail

More information on this species

Female, rufous form

Photographer/Source: Lappies Labuschagne - © Lappies Labuschagne


Features
blue, greenish blue and black, distinctive blue side patch (male)

blue, greenish blue and black, distinctive blue side patch (male)

abdomen tip third last segment blue, second last segment blue underneath, pterostigmas black and bright blue (male)

abdomen tip third last segment blue, second last segment blue underneath, pterostigmas black and bright blue (male)

rufous form of female, bright rufous and black

rufous form of female, bright rufous and black

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



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