Clear-winged forest glory | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Calopterygidae |
Genus: | Vestalis |
Species: | V. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Vestalis gracilis (
Rambur, 1842)
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Synonyms [2] | |
Calopteryx gracilis Rambur, 1842 |
Vestalis gracilis, [2] [3] is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is known commonly as the clear-winged forest glory [4] [5] or clear-winged flash-wing. [4] It is native to Southeast Asia and surrounding regions. [1] [6]
The male and female are similar in size; the male having an abdomen 45 to 46 millimeters long and a hindwing 34 to 38 millimeters long and the female with an abdomen 43 to 50 millimeters long and a hindwing 36 to 39 millimeters long. [7] [8] [9] [4] [5]
The male is iridescent green with a yellow and black underside. It has brown legs and blue-tinged transparent wings. The eyes are dark brown above and greenish yellow below. The female is duller greenish brown in color. [7] [8] [4]
This is a common species across much of its range. It breeds in forest streams, often in disturbed and cultivated areas too. [1] Commonly seen as a group rest among bushes in forest paths and shades together with Vestalis apicalis. [7] [8] [4]
A subspecies, V. g. montana Fraser, 1934, has been described from Western Ghats of South India. [1] It is now synonymised with V. a. submontana and is considered as a separate species Vestalis submontana. [2] [10] [3]
Data related to
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