Blue Bush Dart

Copera vittata · Order: Odonata · Family: Platycnemididae

Also called: Variable Featherlegs

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Blue Bush Dart
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The Blue Bush Dart is a medium-sized damselfly with a black dorsal thorax marked by a split bluish-yellow stripe and yellow sides with irregular black stripes.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Thorax: black on top with a narrow bluish-yellow humeral stripe that splits and overlaps; sides are yellow with irregular black stripes on the postero-lateral suture and middle metepimeron.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized damselfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives among undergrowth along river and stream banks, often in hilly areas.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to Asia, ranging widely from India to Indonesia.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Platycnemididae)

Blue FeatherlegBlue FeatherlegPlatycnemis pennipesYellow featherlegsYellow featherlegsCopera marginipesMarsh DancerMarsh DancerOnychargia atrocyanaOrange FeatherlegOrange FeatherlegPlatycnemis acutipennisCommon ThreadtailCommon ThreadtailElattoneura glaucaRed-striped Black BambootailRed-striped Black BambootailProdasineura verticalis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copera_vittata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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