Yellow Featherlegs

Copera marginipes

Description

Copera marginipes mainly black in color. It has brown yellow eyes with black band encircling them. The thorax is black with black bands. The legs are bright yellow, the wings are transparent with black venation. The last 2 abdominal segments and anal anal appendages are white. The females are paler with black colored abdomen.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

28-31 mm

Ar

Arboreal

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Odonata

FAMILY

:

Platycnemididae

GENUS

:

Copera

SPECIES

:

Copera marginipes

Distribution

Copera marginipes could be found with small stream, muddy channels swamps around forest edges.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Bangladesh, China, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Habits and Lifestyle

Copera marginipes spend their time by perching on the branches or bushes by the riverside under the shade.

Lifestyle

Terestrial, Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Copera marginipes eats smaller insects.

Diet : Carnivore, Insectivore

Mating Habits

Copera marginipes mating in tandem position. The females laid their eggs near water plants on the water surface.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. thailandnatureproject.com
  2. researchgate.net
  3. google.com
  4. wikipedia.org