Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842) 侏儒蜻蜓

Common name : chalky percher / Ground Skimmer

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Found in Asia: China, Guandong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hainan, Indonesia, India, Japan, Lao, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Viet Nam
Found in Africa:

Sub-Order: ANISOPTERA

Super-Family: LIBELLULOIDEA

Family: LIBELLULIDAE

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A pair of wing from a male Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)

Diplacodes trivialis is One of the most common species of dragonflies in Asia living at low altitudes

The males' compound eyes are light blue (photo below), chests grayish blue, with black freaks, and wings transparent. The females are yellow(photo second below), with slightly different freaks.

Above : A matured male Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)

Compound eyes are light blue, chests grayish blue, with black freaks.

Transparent wings.

Male like to perch on ground

Below : A matured female Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)

The females are yellow, with slightly different freaks.

Mating and ovipositing of Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842) 侏儒蜻蜓

A comparision of 3 pairs

All the following images of the 3 pairs were taken on the same day 20 January 2007 at the same drain in Sabah, Malaysia

Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842) 侏儒蜻蜓
Male July 2007
Natural death/Morotai Drain

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