Damselflies of Sabah, Malaysia

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INTRODUCTION TO THE DAMSELFLIES OF SABAH, MALAYSIA

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World smallest damselfly. Widespread in tropical asia.

橙尾細蟌 Agriocnemis pygmaea

Libellago semiopaca (Selys, 1873)


Matured Female

黑背細蟌 Prodasineura abbreviata (Lieftinck, 1951)

	Damselflies have oblong heads with bulging eyes and short antennae.
Matured Male	Female

Rhinocypha aurofulgens (Laidlaw, 1931)


Matured Male	Female

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865) 彩虹細蟌


Matured Male	Matured Female

Onychargia atrocyana (Selys, 1865) 蓝彩细蟌


Matured Male	Female

Lestes praemorsus decipiens Kirby, 1893 隱紋絲蟌


Matured Male	Female

Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌


Male	Female

Vestalis amoena (Hagen in Selys, 1853) 青笛珈蟌


Male	Female

Prodasineura humeralis (Selys, 1860) 巧克力樸蟌


Female	Male

Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842) 瘦面細蟌


Newly matured female	Fully matured female	Matured male

Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) 青紋細蟌


Immature Male	Matured Female	Matured Male

Diagrams of Damselflies of Sabah, Malaysia

Damselfly Morphology 豆娘昆蟲形態


	Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌


female Rhinocypha humeralis	Rhinocypha pelops	Ischnura senegalensis	Ischnura senegalensis

琵蟌科 Platycnemididae

Copera vittata vittata (Selys, 1863)

美姿琵蟌	Calicnemia eximia
青黑琵蟌	Coeliccia cyanomelas
黃尾琵蟌	Coeliccia flavicauda flavicauda
環紋琵蟌	Copera ciliata
	脛蹼琵蟌 Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

樸蟌科/原蟌科 Family of Protoneuridae

樸蟌 Prodasineura verticalis humeralis

A male Prodasineura verticalis humeralis (Selys, 1860) of Sabah. One of the most slender damselfly.

巧克力樸蟌 Prodasineura humeralis

A male Prodasineura humeralis (Selys, 1860) of Malaysia found in State of Sabah.
The most slender (thinnest) damselfly I ever seen.

Spreadwings 絲蟌科 Lestidae

隱紋絲蟌 Lestes praemorsus praemorsus

鑲紋絲蟌	Lestes concinnus
青紋絲蟌	Lestes cyaneus
長痣絲蟌	Orolestes selysi

鼓蟌科 Chlorocyphidae

Libellago semiopaca (Selys, 1873)

Rhinocypha aurofulgens (Laidlaw, 1931)

變色鼓蟌 Rhinocypha humeralis

高鼻鼓蟌 Rhinocypha pelops (Laidlaw, 1936)

脊紋鼓蟌		Libellago lineata lineata
簾格鼓蟌		Rhinocypha fenestrella baibarana

幽蟌科 Euphaeidae

Euphaea impar (Selys, 1859)

藍彩幽蟌A Euphaea subcostalis

	藍彩幽蟌B Euphaea subnodalis
短尾幽蟌	Bayadera brevicauda brevicauda

細蟌科 Coenagrionidae

Elattoneura coomansi

白粉細蟌 Agriocnemis femina oryzae

黑背細蟌 Prodasineura abbreviata (Lieftinck, 1951)

藍彩細蟌 Onychargia atrocyana

青紋細蟌 Ischnura senegalensis

瘦面細蟌 Pseudagrion microcephalum

橙尾細蟌 Agriocnemis pygmaea

World smallest damselfly

彩虹細蟌 Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)

弓背細蟌 Pseudagrion pilidorsum pilidorsum

針尾細蟌	Aciagrion migratum
眛影細蟌	Ceriagrion fallax fallax
紅腹細蟌	Ceriagrion latericium ryukyuanum
黃腹細蟌	Ceriagrion melanurum
亞東細蟌	Ischnura asiatica
朝雲細蟌	Ischnura aurora aurora
月斑細蟌	Mortonagrion selenion

Broad-winged 珈蟌科 Calopterygidae

青笛珈蟌 Vestalis amoena (Hagen in Selys, 1853)

青彩珈蟌 Vestalis amabilis (Lieftinck, 1965)

白痣珈蟌	Matrona basilaris subsp.
細胸珈蟌	Mnais andersoni tenuis

洵蟌科 Synlestidae

黃腹洵蟌

Megalestes maai

蹣蟌科Megapodagrionidae

芽痣蹣蟌

Rhipidolestes aculeatus aculeatus

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INDEX : Damselfly October 19, 2007 11:41:56 AM