Leptobasis lucifer

Species of damselfly

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Leptobasis lucifer

A male L. lucifer in Loxahatchee NWR, Palm Beach County, FL.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Odonata
Suborder:  | Zygoptera
Family:  | Coenagrionidae
Genus:  | Leptobasis
Species:  |

L. lucifer

Binomial name
Leptobasis lucifer

(Donnelly, 1967)

Leptobasis lucifer, commonly referred to as lucifer swampdamsel, is a relatively long and slender species of narrow-winged damselfly in the genus Leptobasis found in Central America, southern parts of Mexico, as well as locally in Southern Florida.[1] L. lucifer prefers swampy woodland habitats, such as cypress swamps and tend to hunt near trees, scanning and hovering around leaves in search for prey.[1] Males have black striping on a green thorax with a bright red patch near the end of the abdomen,[1] whereas females are more variable: ranging from dull greenish brown, to blue and reddish orange, to even green with a blue ring around the abdomen. Adult females of this species have a large ovipositor and immatures of both sexes have pale blueish in replacement for any green or greenish patches that would be visible in the adult stage.[1]

Female L. lucifer in Loxahatchee NWR, Palm Beach County, FL

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Paulson, Dennis, 1937- (2011). Dragonflies and damselflies of the East. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3966-7. OCLC 758374336.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Taxon identifiers

Leptobasis lucifer|

* Wikidata: Q2424262
* BioLib: 227061
* CoL: 3TJZN
* EoL: 30684892
* GBIF: 6243006
* iNaturalist: 104304
* IUCN: 165040
* NatureServe: 2.721630
* Observation.org: 93832
* Open Tree of Life: 3007648

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