Blue-tailed Forest Hawk

Orthetrum triangulare

"Orthetrum triangulare" is an Asian freshwater dragonfly species. The common name for this species is blue-tailed forest hawk. Two subspecies of Orthetrum triangulare are currently recognised, the nominate subspecies and "O. t. malaccense".
Blue-tailed forest hawk (Orthetrum triangulare) Nanzhuang District, Taiwan. Apr 26, 2019 Geotagged,Orthetrum triangulare,Spring,Taiwan

Appearance

It is a medium sized dragonfly with dark face and bluish eyes. Its thorax is also black with a broad apple green stripe on both sides. Segments 1-2 and 8-10 in the abdomen are black and the remaining segments are pruinosed with azure blue. It is usually found in marshes associated with hill streams where it breeds.
Blue-tailed Forest Hawk, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171899/blue-tailed_forest_hawk_lm_ng_vietnam.html Asia,Blue-tailed forest hawk,Geotagged,Lâm Đồng,Orthetrum triangulare,Spring,Vietnam,Vietnam 2025

Habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with dark face and bluish eyes. Its thorax is also black with a broad apple green stripe on both sides. Segments 1-2 and 8-10 in the abdomen are black and the remaining segments are pruinosed with azure blue. It is usually found in marshes associated with hill streams where it breeds.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

Status: Least concern
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyLibellulidae
GenusOrthetrum
SpeciesO. triangulare
Photographed in
Taiwan
Vietnam