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Damselflies of Borneo  >  Family Euphaeidae  >  Genus Euphaea 幽蟌科  >  Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌

Euphaea subcostalis 2022-08-10 Paramat Garden ♂39mm	Euphaea subnodalis? 2007-08-31 Gelas Water Falls 37mm

Identification Diagram of a male Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌 of Borneo Island
 

Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌
♂39mm
Body length 39mm
Front wing 28mm
Hind wing 24mm
Kg Melangkap Tiong 2022-08-10 WED , Kota Belud, Sabah

Found in China, Malaysia

Photos and Diagrams by Wong Fook Yee

Euphaea subcostalis is quite a variable species throughout its range and, in the past, variants have been treated as two distinct species.

Segment 8,9 and 10 of a male Euphaea subcostalis

Segment 2 of a male Euphaea subcostalis
 

28mm Front wing of a male Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌
♂Front wing 28mm

24mm Hind wing of a male Euphaea subcostalis 藍彩幽蟌
♂Hind wing 24mm

Clear and shift flowing mountain stream where Euphaea subcostalis, Neurobasis longipes and Vestalis atropha are found.

Natural History Museum (2014). Specimens (from Collection specimens) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. data.nhm.ac.uk/

Spacemens of Euphaea subcostalis and Euphaea subnodalis

Here are index to damselflies sorted according to colour for our quick identification:

1- GREEN damselflies of Sabah, Borneo
2- BLUE damselflies
3- RED damselflies
4- ORANGE damselflies

Out of the global 10 families of damselflies, the following 6 families  are found in Borneo Island :

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2- ocelli,
3- antennae,
4- mouth structures

Dragonflies of Borneo
"With 275 named species so far recorded in Borneo, the island has one of the richest and most exciting dragonfly faunas in the world. More than 40% of species occur nowhere else, making it the most distinctive sub-region of Sundaland." A Guide to the Dragonflies of Borneo by Albert G. Orr
 

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