This beautiful endemic damselfly with brilliant metallic blue or green hindwings of males (visible only when it flies ) is a common insect of montane and sub-montane streams surrounded by some vegetation. Rarely seen females can be found in near by jungle. Male has a habit of using its forewings as propellers while keeping the hindwinds fully spread out as wings of a plane. Pages
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Showing posts with label Euphaeidae. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
Shining Gossamerwing(Euphaea splendens)
This beautiful endemic damselfly with brilliant metallic blue or green hindwings of males (visible only when it flies ) is a common insect of montane and sub-montane streams surrounded by some vegetation. Rarely seen females can be found in near by jungle. Male has a habit of using its forewings as propellers while keeping the hindwinds fully spread out as wings of a plane.
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