Copera vittata

Scientific name: Copera vittata (Selys, 1863)

Family: Platycnemididae

Thai name: แมลงปอเข็มท้องยาวขาส้ม

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When you searching odonates at open forest stream or waterfall, one of odonates you can spot is Copera vittata. We almost always see the male and female is very hard to see. Because of subspecies of C. vittata in Thailand are unsettled, so I don't try to identify them in subspecific level.

male

Male is black with yellow markings and antehumeral stripe is green in synthorax. Legs are red and not dilate. Abdomen is black with white basal rings. Dorsum of S9-10 are white. Superior appendages are shorter and pointed. Inferior appendages are longer. Female is dull and pale in coloration. Legs are reddish yellow. S9 has white "T" marking. Superior appendages are white.

female

You can see this species in all parts of Thailand all the year.