Matrona basilaris Selys, 1853 is a animal in the Calopterygidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Matrona basilaris Selys, 1853
Matrona basilaris Selys, 1853 is a large sexually dimorphic damselfly found across East and Southeast Asia at around 900m near vegetated mountain waterways.
Matrona basilaris Selys, 1853 is a large damselfly species. Males of this species are brilliant metallic green, while females are reddish brown. Their wing color ranges from dark blue to reddish brown. This species and its subspecies have been recorded in China, Japan, Northern Vietnam, and Eastern Laos. Individuals are typically found around mountain streams or rivers with dense surrounding vegetation, at a modest altitude of approximately 900 meters.
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Hetaerina cruentata (Rambur, 1842)
Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798)
Psolodesmus mandarinus McLachlan, 1870
Calopteryx amata Hagen, 1889
Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
Calopteryx dimidiata Burmeister, 1839
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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