Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Idionyx victor Dancing Shadow-emerald
Animal Group:	Dragonfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Synthemistidae
Description:	Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 33mm (30 + 3) Male Hindwing : 29mm Female Abdomen : 30mm Female Hindwing : 31mm

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Common

Fellowes et al. (2002)

Local Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distributed in wooded steams throughout Hong Kong. Global Distribution China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan) and Vietnam.

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References

More on Dragonfly in HK

Tam, T.W., Leung, K.K., Kwan, B.S.P., Wu, K.K.Y., Tang, S.S.H., So, I.W.Y., Cheng, J.C.Y., Yuen, E.F.M., Tsang, Y.M., and Hui, W.L. (2011). The dragonflies of Hong Kong. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong.

Zhang, H. M. (2019). Dragonflies and damselflies of China. Chongqing University Press, Chongqing.