Clear Winged Forest Glory(Vestalis gracilis Rambur, 1842) ചെറിയ തണല്‍ത്തുമ്പി

Common name: Clear Winged Forest Glory

Scientific name: Vestalis gracilis  Rambur, 1842
Malayalam name: ചെറിയ തണല്‍ത്തുമ്പി

Family: Calopterygidae (Broad-winged damselflies)

Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala 

Date of observation: Various

Male                                 

Abdomen: 45-56 mm     

Hind wing: 34-38 mm

Female

Abdomen: 43-50 mm   

Hind wing: 36-39 mm  

Female

Male

Female

Face to Face

Male

Perching at night

Vestalis sp., Faces for comparison