Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok Road (Nepal) on 2011-11-02
Female among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Females ID'd by association with males. No other Rhinocypha spp. were present at this site.
(Damselfly at left foreground is Neurobasis chinensis chinensis.)
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2011-06-07
Male among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Our ID of R. quadrimaculata, versus the very similar R. fenestrella, is based primarily on the description in Handbook of Common Indian Dragonflies (T.R. Mitra, 2006), which includes detailed drawings of the color patterns of the wings of various Rhinocypha spp. Other details visible in many published photos of R. fenestrella support that discrimination (e.g., extent of thoracic markings, including color and size of dorsal thoracic triangle, and degree of ochreous coloration at wing bases). This conclusion is also consistent with the latest published list of Nepal's dragonflies (G.S.Vick, 1989), which includes R. quadrimaculata but not R. fenestrella.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2011-06-07
Male among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Our ID of R. quadrimaculata, versus the very similar R. fenestrella, is based primarily on the description in Handbook of Common Indian Dragonflies (T.R. Mitra, 2006), which includes detailed drawings of the color patterns of the wings of various Rhinocypha spp. Other details visible in many published photos of R. fenestrella support that discrimination (e.g., extent of thoracic markings, including color and size of dorsal thoracic triangle, and degree of ochreous coloration at wing bases). This conclusion is also consistent with the latest published list of Nepal's dragonflies (G.S.Vick, 1989), which includes R. quadrimaculata but not R. fenestrella.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2011-06-07
Female among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Females ID'd by association with males. No other Rhinocypha spp. were present at this site.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2011-06-07
Female among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Females ID'd by association with males. No other Rhinocypha spp. were present at this site.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2011-06-07
Male among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Our ID of R. quadrimaculata, versus the very similar R. fenestrella, is based primarily on the description in Handbook of Common Indian Dragonflies (T.R. Mitra, 2006), which includes detailed drawings of the color patterns of the wings of various Rhinocypha spp. Other details visible in many published photos of R. fenestrella support that discrimination (e.g., extent of thoracic markings, including color and size of dorsal thoracic triangle, and degree of ochreous coloration at wing bases). This conclusion is also consistent with the latest published list of Nepal's dragonflies (G.S.Vick, 1989), which includes R. quadrimaculata but not R. fenestrella.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2010-11-02
Male among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Our ID of R. quadrimaculata, versus the very similar R. fenestrella, is based primarily on the description in Handbook of Common Indian Dragonflies (T.R. Mitra, 2006), which includes detailed drawings of the color patterns of the wings of various Rhinocypha spp. Other details visible in many published photos of R. fenestrella support that discrimination (e.g., extent of thoracic markings, including color and size of dorsal thoracic triangle, and degree of ochreous coloration at wing bases). This conclusion is also consistent with the latest published list of Nepal's dragonflies (G.S.Vick, 1989), which includes R. quadrimaculata but not R. fenestrella.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok Road (Nepal) on 2010-11-02
Female among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Females ID'd by association with males. No other Rhinocypha spp. were present at this site.
Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Photo taken in Dapcha Khola, Dhulikhel to Nepalthok road (Nepal) on 2010-11-02
Male among large rocks in steep, fast-flowing stream, 1100m.
Our ID of R. quadrimaculata, versus the very similar R. fenestrella, is based primarily on the description in Handbook of Common Indian Dragonflies (T.R. Mitra, 2006), which includes detailed drawings of the color patterns of the wings of various Rhinocypha spp. Other details visible in many published photos of R. fenestrella support that discrimination (e.g., extent of thoracic markings, including color and size of dorsal thoracic triangle, and degree of ochreous coloration at wing bases). This conclusion is also consistent with the latest published list of Nepal's dragonflies (G.S.Vick, 1989), which includes R. quadrimaculata but not R. fenestrella.