Matrona cyanoptera Hämäläinen & Yeh, 2000 is a animal in the Calopterygidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Matrona cyanoptera Hämäläinen & Yeh, 2000

Matrona cyanoptera Hämäläinen & Yeh, 2000

Matrona cyanoptera is a damselfly species found around low-altitude mountain shallow water, with distinct coloration between sexes.

Genus
Matrona
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Matrona cyanoptera Hämäläinen & Yeh, 2000

Males of Matrona cyanoptera have a green thorax and abdomen with a metallic blue sheen, and their wings are also metallic blue. At the tip of their abdomen, males have a double-pronged clasper that they use to hold onto females during mating. Females have a metallic green thorax and a green or dull brown abdomen; their wings may be dark brown, and they have a white pseudopterostigma. Juvenile males may also have brown wings. Adult individuals of this species have a total body length between 62 and 67 millimeters. Matrona cyanoptera is most commonly found around shallow streams or lakes in low-altitude mountainous areas. Adults can usually be observed perching on leaf tips, or flying over open water.

Photo: (c) 張智偉(Chang, Jack, Chih-Wei), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by 張智偉(Chang, Jack, Chih-Wei) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Calopterygidae Matrona

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

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