Episynlestes albicauda

Episynlestes albicauda is a species of Australian damselfly in the family Synlestidae,^[3] commonly known as a southern whitetip.^[4] It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, where it inhabits streams and pools in rainforests.^[5]

Southern whitetip
Episynlestes albicauda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Synlestidae
Genus:	Episynlestes
Species:	E. albicauda
Binomial name
Episynlestes albicauda (Tillyard, 1913)[2]

Episynlestes albicauda is a large, very slender damselfly, coloured a dull bronze-black with white markings. It often perches with its wings outspread.^[6]

Gallery

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  Detail of body
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  Female wings
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  Male wings

See also

• List of Odonata species of Australia