Sapphire Rockmaster

Diphlebia coerulescens · Order: Odonata · Family: Lestoideidae

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Sapphire Rockmaster
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

The male sapphire rockmaster is bright blue and black with dark wings, while the female is brown-olive with smoky wings.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males have a bright blue and black body and dark wings. Females are mostly brown and olive-green with smoky-coloured wings.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

They are found near fast-flowing streams and rivers.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

They differ from the tropical rockmaster by having larger blue markings on the base and underside of terga 4-6.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Sapphire Rockmaster photo 3
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Sapphire Rockmaster photo 4
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Sapphire Rockmaster photo 5
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Sapphire Rockmaster photo 6
Photo: John Tann from Mullumbimby, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Questions people ask

How can I tell a sapphire rockmaster apart from a tropical rockmaster?

Look for the larger blue spots on the front base and underside of terga 4 to 6; the tropical rockmaster lacks these prominent markings.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Lestoideidae)

Tropical RockmasterTropical RockmasterDiphlebia euphoeoidesArrowhead RockmasterArrowhead RockmasterDiphlebia nymphoidesWhitewater RockmasterWhitewater RockmasterDiphlebia lestoides

Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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