Neurobasis chinensis

Neurobasis chinensis,[2] stream glory[3][4] is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is a common species distributed across much of Asia.[1][5]

Neurobasis chinensis
male
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Calopterygidae
Genus:
Neurobasis
Species:
N. chinensis
Binomial name
Neurobasis chinensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Agrion nobilitata Fabricius, 1776
  • Calopteryx disparilis Rambur, 1842
  • Calopteryx sinensis Walker, 1853

Description and habitat
Neurobasis chinensis male flashing wings

It is a large metallic bronze-green colored damselfly. Its fore-wings are transparent, tinted in pale yellow with green neuration. Its hind-wings are opaque in brilliant metallic green or peacock-blue according to angle of view. They flash the wings, displaying the colors to attract females. The colour is produced by interference from the thin surfaces of the wing membrane.[6][7][4] Female is very similar to the male. But its wings are transparent and light coffee brown with white wings spots. There are another creamy yellow patches at the nodes.[8]

This species breeds in forest streams. The males maintain their territories along stretches of moderately fast-flowing streams. Normally found only near the water bodies. Female lays eggs in submerged vegetation, often among root masses.[9][8][10][3][4] The naiads burrow in sediment underwater and have a long abdomen that is held recurved above the body.[11]

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2009). "Neurobasis chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163763A5648117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163763A5648117.en.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. "Neurobasis chinensis Linnaeus, 1758". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  4. "Neurobasis chinensis Linnaeus, 1758". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  5. 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. 66–67. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. Vukusic, P.; Wootton, R. J.; Sambles, J.R. (2004). "Remarkable iridescence in the hindwings of the damselfly Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 271 (1539): 595–601. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2595. PMC 1691628. PMID 15156917.
  7. Kumar, A. & Prasad, M. (1977). "Reproductive behaviour in Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)". Odonatologica. 6: 163–171.
  8. C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 121-124.
  9. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  10. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 479.
  11. Silsby, Jill (2001). Dragonflies of the World. CSIRO. p. 20.

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