Diplacodes trivialis

Diplacodes trivialis^[3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae^[4] known as the chalky percher^[5] or ground skimmer.^[6][7] It is found in Seychelles, Oman, United Arab Emirates, China, Japan, India, Maldives and southwards to New Guinea and Australia.^[8][9][10]

Diplacodes trivialis
Male
Female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Diplacodes
Species:	D. trivialis
Binomial name
Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)[2]

Description and habitat

Diplacodes trivialis is small dragonfly with bluish eyes and greenish-yellow or olivaceous thorax and abdomen with black marks. In very old adults, the whole thorax and abdomen become uniform pruinosed blue. Clear wings, without apical or basal markings, and the creamy white anal appendages and deep pruinescence in adults help to distinguish this species from others in its genus. It breeds in ponds, wet rice fields, shallow lakes, drainage ditches and similar habitats. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Asia, found in both the plains and hills and in dry and wet areas.^{[11][12][13][6][7]}

Gallery

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  Adult male
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  Young male without pruinescence showing the white patch at the base of his hindwings
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  Female without pruinescence
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  Female with pruinescence
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  Mating
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  Female wings
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  Male wings

See also

• List of odonates of Sri Lanka
• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala
• List of Odonata species of Australia