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Shining Gossamerwing

Euphaea splendens

Description:

This beautiful endemic damselfly with brilliant metallic blue or green hindwings of males (visible only when it flies ) is a common insect of montane and sub-montane streams surrounded by some vegetation. Rarely seen females can be found in near by jungle. Male has a habit of using its forewings as propellers while keeping the hindwinds fully spread out as wings of a plane.

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Ratnapura, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jan 6, 2013
Submitted on Jan 6, 2013

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