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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Pseudocopera ciliata
Black-kneed Featherlegs
Animal Group:
Dragonfly
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Platycnemididae
Description:
Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages
: 35mm - 37mm
Male Hindwing
: 22mm - 23mm
Female Abdomen + Anal Appendages
: 33mm - 37mm
Female Hindwing
: 22mm - 24mm
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Widely distribute in lowland streams, ditches, weedy margins of lakes and ponds
Global Distribution
Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, 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/)