Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913) is a animal in the Coenagrionidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913)

Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913)

Archibasis mimetes, the blue-banded longtail, is a medium-sized blue-black damselfly found in streams of New Guinea and northern Australia.

Genus
Archibasis
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913)

Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913) is a species of damselfly that belongs to the family Coenagrionidae. It is commonly known by the common name blue-banded longtail. This is a medium-sized damselfly; male individuals of this species are bright blue and black. Records document its presence in New Guinea and northern Australia, and it lives in streams in these regions.

Photo: (c) Graham Winterflood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Graham Winterflood · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae Archibasis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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