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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps
Orange-faced Sprite
Animal Group:
Dragonfly
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Description:
Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages
: 29mm - 31mm
Male Hindwing
: 18mm - 20mm
Female Abdomen + Anal Appendages
: 29mm
Female Hindwing
: 21mm
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Widely distribute in ponds and weedy margins of slow flowing streams
Global Distribution
Bangladesh, Burma, China (Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan), India, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand.
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
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/)
