Diplacodes

Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family.^[2] They are commonly known as perchers. Their colours range from the totally black body of the African Diplacodes lefebvrii, the lovely pale blue of India's Diplacodes trivialis, to the intense red of the Asian–Australian Diplacodes haematodes.

Perchers
Male scarlet percher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Subfamily:	Sympetrinae
Genus:	Diplacodes Kirby, 1889[1]

Various species of this genus occur in Africa, Asia, Australia and the South West Pacific. They are generally small in size.

Species

The genus Diplacodes includes the following species:^[3]

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
		Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865)	wandering percher[4]	Australia
		Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969	little percher[5]	Central Africa
		Diplacodes exul (Selys, 1883)		Madagascar
		Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839)	scarlet percher[4]	Australia (except Tasmania), Timor, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.
		Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)	black percher[6]	Africa and southern Eurasia.
		Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893)	luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher[7]	Central Africa
		Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901)	black-faced percher[4]	Eastern Australia
		Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)	charcoal-winged percher[4]	Asia and northern Australia
		Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006	dwarf percher[8]	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
		Diplacodes spinulosa Navás, 1915		Africa
		Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)	chalky percher,[4] ground skimmer[9]	India