Orthetrum glaucum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Orthetrum |
| Species: | O. glaucum |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865) | |
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Orthetrum glaucum[2] is an Asian dragonfly species, common across much of tropical and subtropical Asia. The common name for this species is blue marsh hawk.[1][3][4][5][6]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized dragonfly with dark face and greenish blue eyes. The thorax of old males are dark blue due to pruinescence. Its wings are transparent with dark amber-yellow tint in the extreme base. Its abdomen is pruinosed with blue color up to segment 8; last two segments are black. The abdomens of females and juvenile males are golden in color, with brown stripes along the sides of the thorax. [7] Despite their visual similarities, females and juvenile males can be distinguished by the shape of their final abdomen segment.
It breeds in marshes associated with forest streams, plantations and canals.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b Dow, R.A. (2009). "Orthetrum glaucum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163780A5650496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163780A5650496.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
- ^ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India (PDF).
- ^ "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 351–352. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ Brauer. "金黃蜻蜓 Orthetrum glaucum". gaga.biodiv.tw. 嘎嘎昆蟲網. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 307-309.
- ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 433.