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Euphaea refulgens
Black and metallic blue damselfly, about 4-5cm in length. Euphaea refulgens Hagen in Selys, 1853 (family Euphaeidae, commonly known as Gossamerwings).
At the Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.
ID provided by Dr. Reagan Joseph "Rj" T. Villanueva, Philippine odonata expert. Another form of this species: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/534.... Similar spotting by Kdon Galay: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/153.... Reference: http://www.allodonata.com/search/?q=s:19...
Spotted on May 3, 2014
Submitted on Mar 11, 2015
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