Brachydiplax

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Brachydiplax is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.[1] They occur in Asia from India to China and Southeast Asia, and New Guinea to Australia.[2]

Species of Brachydiplax are often commonly found. Males of most species are usually pale to mid powder blue. Females have shades of brown, sometimes with neat patterns of spots on the abdomen, as in Brachydiplax chalybea flavovittata.

Like most Libellulids they tend to perch on sticks, reeds or stones near water, flying out to catch insects then returning to their perch.

Species

The genus Brachydiplax includes the following species:[3]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
File:Brachydiplax chalybea of Kadavoor.jpg File:Rufous Backed Marsh Hawk Brachydiplax chalybea Female by Kadavoor.jpg Brachydiplax chalybea Brauer, 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". yellow-patched lieutenant, rufous-backed marsh hawk, and blue dasher eastern Asia, from India to Japan to Indonesia.
File:Palemouth (Brachydiplax denticauda) (23867332788).jpg File:Brachydiplax denticauda - Palemouth (female).jpg Brachydiplax denticauda (Brauer, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". palemouth Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
File:Brachydiplax duivenbodei 4394.jpg File:Brachydiplax duivenbodei V33A2842.jpg Brachydiplax duivenbodei (Brauer, 1866)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". darkmouth Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland in Australia
File:Davidraju Brachydiplax farinosa.jpg Brachydiplax farinosa Krüger, 1902Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". India
File:Brachydiplax sobrina .jpg File:Brachydiplax sobrina 2.jpg Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
Brachydiplax sollaarti Lieftinck, 1953Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Australia
Brachydiplax yunnanensis Fraser, 1924Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". China

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