Friday, January 9, 2009

Stream Glory (Neurobasis chinensis) - a Damselfly

Stream Glory - Female. These are really wonderfull. Females of this species are with brownish- semi-transparent wings. The body is greenish metallic in colour. But the males are just Superb.
Stream Glory - Male, This one is a male, normally when it is in the resting position the outer wing colouration are blackish with metallic sheen on it.
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But the vibrant colour is displayed when inner side of the wing is exposed.





2 comments:

Raju Kasambe said...

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Raju Kasambe

Aditya Joshi said...

Thank You Raju Sir, hope will get some web space too.