Female in roadside vegetation above Kabeli River bridge, midday, 600m.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Shinam, above Kabeli Khola, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-22
Female in trailside vegetation near Shinam, 1400m.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Dobhan, upper Tamur River, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-02
Female in trailside vegetation along Tamur River upstream from Dobhan, 700m.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening are otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Dobhan, upper Tamur River, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-01
Female in trailside vegetation near Dunghesangu, 1000m.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Dobhan, upper Tamur River, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-01
Female with extensive darkening of dorsal abdomen, in trailside vegetation near Dunghesangu, 1000m.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Dobhan, upper Tamur River, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-01
Female with extensive darkening of dorsal abdomen, in trailside vegetation near Dunghesangu, 1000m.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Dobhan, upper Tamur River, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-01
Female with extensive darkening of dorsal abdomen, in trailside vegetation near Dunghesangu, 1000m.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Photo taken in Dobhan, upper Tamur River, Taplejung District, East Nepal (Nepal) on 2011-05-01
Female with extensive darkening of dorsal abdomen, in trailside vegetation near Dunghesangu, 1000m.
Females from numerous sites in east and east-central Nepal appear to be consistent in markings of head and thorax as well as dorsal black markings of abdominal segments 8-10, but abdominal color and dorsal blackening is otherwise variable, presumably with age.
Photo ID of typical female is based on Checklist of Dragonfly from Vietnam (Do Manh Chong & Dang Thi Thanh Hoa, 2007). At one site we observed females in loose association with males.