Archibasis oscillans
{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Archibasis oscillans
| image = Archibasis oscillans-Kadavoor-2016-07-03-001.jpg
| image_caption = Male, Kadavoor, Kerala
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Archibasis oscillans
| authority = (Sélys, 1877)
| synonyms =
- Pseudagrion praeclarum Fraser, 1924
- Archibasis mimetes praeclara Fraser, 1933
- Stenobasis oscillans Selys, 1877
- Archibasis oscillans hanwellanensis Conniff & Bedjanic, 2013
}}
File:Archibasis oscillans, long-banded bluetail.jpg
Archibasis oscillans,{{World Odonata List}} long-banded bluetail, is a species of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It is found from India, Thailand, Laos, and Indonesia.{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=148–149}}
Description and habitat
It is slender and long damselfly with blue capped light blue eyes. Its thorax is black with azure blue antehumeral stripes followed by blue on lateral sides. Abdomen is black on dorsum and greenish yellow on the ventral half of the lateral sides up to segment 7. Remaining segments are azure blue with apical black rings. Female is similar to the male; though a bit robust and paler in colors.
It breeds in lowland forest streams and rivers.{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n323 310]-312|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=493–494|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226619|title=Archibasis oscillans Selys, 1877|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-27}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/356/Archibasis-oscillans|title=Archibasis oscillans Selys, 1877|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-27}}
File:Archibasis oscillans female (22617529972).jpg|Female
File:Archibasis oscillans mating pair (42917440685).jpg|Mating
File:Davidraju Archibasis oscillansis.jpg|Ovipositing
See also
References
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- http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Archibasis_oscillans/classification/
External links
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Category:Insects described in 1877
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