Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Copera marginipes Yellow Featherlegs
Animal Group:	Dragonfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Platycnemididae
Description:	Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 28mm - 31mm Male Hindwing : 16mm - 18mm Female Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 29mm - 30mm Female Hindwing : 20mm

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Abundant

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status

Least Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Widely distribute in streams throughout Hong Kong Global Distribution Bangladesh, Burma, China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Peninsular Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

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References

More on Dragonfly in HK

Wilson, K.D.P., Tam, T.W., Kwan, S.P., Wu, K.Y., Wong, S.F., Wong, K. 2003. Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Hong Kong. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong

Asia Dragonfly (http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/)