Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Pseudagrion pruinosum fraseri Ferruginous-faced Sprite
Animal Group:	Dragonfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Description:	Male Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 37mm Male Hindwing : 25mm Female Abdomen + Anal Appendages : 32mm Female Hindwing : 24mm

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Common

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status

Least Concern

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Kwan Tei River, River Jhelum and Sha Tau Kwok Global Distribution China, Indonesia, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. The nominate subspecies, P. p. pruinosum (Burmeister), is known from Indonesia and India. A third subspecies, P. p. ranauense Schmidt is known from Indonesia, Penisular Malaysia, Viet

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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/)