White-legged Damselfly: Copera marginipes (Yellow Featherlegs)

Damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are insects in the order Odonata. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest. Furthermore, the hindwing of the damselfly is essentially similar to the forewing, while the hindwing of the dragonfly broadens near the base. Damselflies are also usually smaller, weaker fliers than dragonflies, and their eyes are separated.

Copera marginipes is a beautiful damselfly species with yellow marking on its legs and thorax.

In Indonesia, damselflies are known as Capung Jarum.

Classification of White-legged damselfly: Copera marginipes (Yellow Featherlegs)

Kingdom Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 – animals

Phylum Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 – arthropods

Class Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 – insects

Subclass Pterygota - Winged Insects

Infraclass Palaeoptera Martynov, 1923

Superorder Odonatoptera

Order Odonata Fabricius, 1793 - dragonflies and damselflies

Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1834 – damselflies

Superfamily Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890

Family Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917 - white-legged damselflies

Genus Copera Kirby, 1890

Species Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

 

Synonym

• Disparoneura bhatnagri Sahni, 1965
• Platycnemis lacteola Selys, 1863
• Platycnemis marginipes Rambur, 1842
• Psilocnemis striatipes Selys, 1863

References:

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damselfly
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycnemididae
• www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id226189/
• taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=146397&tree=0.1

Copera marginipes, Yellow Featherlegs - female

Copera marginipes, Yellow Featherlegs - male

Photo of White-legged damselfly: Copera marginipes (Yellow Featherlegs) were taken using a camera phone, Sony Ericsson K800i, in Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia.

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