Neurobasis chinensis
| Neurobasis chinensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Genus: | Neurobasis |
| Species: | N. chinensis |
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| Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Neurobasis chinensis is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is a common species distributed across much of Asia.[1]
Males have very iridescent green hindwings which are flashed in display to females. The colour is produced by interference from the thin surfaces of the wing membrane. The males maintain their territories along stretches of moderately fast-flowing streams.[2][3]
This species breeds at running water bodies and it can adapt to disturbed and cultivated habitat types. It is not considered to be threatened.[1]
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- 1 2 Dow, R. A. 2009. Neurobasis chinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 January 2016.
- ↑ Vukusic, P.; Wootton, R. J.; Sambles, J.R. (2004). "Remarkable iridescence in the hindwings of the damselfly Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)". Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 595–601. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2595.
- ↑ Kumar, A. & Prasad, M. (1977). "Reproductive behaviour in Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)". Odonatologica 6: 163–171.
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