Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Blue bush dart (Copera vittata) ചെങ്കാലി പാൽത്തുമ്പി Selys, 1863

Common name: Blue Bush Dart
Malayalam name: ചെങ്കാലി പാൽത്തുമ്പി
Scientific name: Copera vittata  Selys, 1863
Family: Platycnemididae
Place of observation: Thumboor, Kerala
Date of observation: Various 

Male:      Abdomen 28-34 mm  Hind-wing 16-18 mm
Female:  Abdomen 28-30 mm  Hind-wing 18mm.

Male
Female
Anal appendages


Emergence video

Male
Male

Mating pair




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