Monday, July 19, 2010

Stream Sapphire or Common Blue Jewel (Heliocypha perforata)

Stream Sapphire or Common Blue Jewel (Heliocypha perforata) is a beautiful damselfly seen in North Eastern India, belonging to family Chlorocyphidae. It is sometime placed under genus Rhinocypha as Rhinocypha perforata.It is also seen in Myanmar, China, Honk Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam and Malaysia.

I got to photograph this male in Miao, Arunachal Pradesh during the 2010 ButterflyIndia meet. 





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