Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Sapphire Eyed Spreadwing (Lestes praemorsus Selys, 1862) നീലക്കണ്ണി ചേരാചിറകന്‍.

Common name: Sapphire Eyed Spreadwing
Malayalam name: നീലക്കണ്ണി ചേരാചിറകന്‍
Scientific name: Lestes praemorsus  Selys, 1862
Family: Lestidae
Place of observations: Thumboor, Thumboormuzhy, Kerala 
Date of observation: Various 

Male
Abdomen 30-32 mm. 
Hind-wing 20-21 mm

Female
Abdomen 21-22 mm. 
Hind-wing 22-21 mm
(Fraser Vol.1 page no. 30-33)


Female

Male

Male

Male

Juvenile Female

Oviposition

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