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Diplacodes trivialis
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Male
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Female
Conservation status
Scientific classification
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Diplacodes trivialis is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae known as the chalky percher or ground skimmer. It is found in China, Japan, India and southwards to New Guinea and Australia.

Description and habitat

Diplacodes trivialis is small dragonfly with bluish eyes and greenish-yellow or olivaceous thorax and abdomen with black marks. In very old adults, the whole thorax and abdomen become uniform pruinosed blue. Clear wings, without apical or basal markings, and the creamy white anal appendages and deep pruinescence in adults help to distinguish this species from others in its genus. It breeds in ponds, wet rice fields, shallow lakes, drainage ditches and similar habitats. It is one of the most common dragonflies in Asia, found in both the plains and hills and in dry and wet areas.

Gallery

  • Davidraju IMG 5647

    Adult male

  • Male Chalky Percher without pruinose (17281309991)

    Young male without pruinescence showing the white patch at the base of his hindwings

  • Female Chalky Percher bum up (17280106592)

    Female without pruinescence

  • Female Chalky Percher pruinose (17074498427)

    Female with pruinescence

  • Diplacodes trivialis mating by kadavoor

    Mating

  • Diplacodes trivialis female wings (34895367602)

    Female wings

  • Diplacodes trivialis male wings (34895370722)

    Male wings

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