Clear-winged forest glory

Vestalis gracilis

''Vestalis gracilis'', or the clear-winged forest glory, is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is found throughout the Oriental region.
Glorious Damsel! Another beauty on my Wishlist the Clear winged Forest Glory.. (literally like an Emerald gem)
I was at my dream destination searching 'Malabar Pit Viper' & I saw this, halted there to capture this beauty. As I was following it for a macro shot it was moving way ahead & this continued for few minutes after which it gave me like 20-30 secs and it moved again but not away from me but it moved so close that it sat near my knee and was too close for any shot.. 
Seeing this me and my friend Burst out laughing as the damsel I was trying to be close  for macro shots is now so close that now I had to move away from it if want to shoot it ;-)

I Hope I get to see another similar beautiful species known as 'Stream Glory' before someone introduces it here ;-) Amboli,D5200,Damselfly,Fall,Geotagged,Glory,Incredible India,Incredibleindia,India,IndiaWild,Macro,Maharashtra,Nikon,NikonD5200,Sawantwadi,Tamron,Vestalis gracilis,abhitap,jagtap

Appearance

* Male: A large, green iridescent dragonfly having brown legs and transparent wings with a bluish tinge. The wing-spot is absent. The eyes are dark brown above and greenish yellow below. The thorax and abdomen are iridescent emerald green above. Below, The thorax is yellow while the abdomen is black.
⤷  Female: The female has duller greenish-brown colouration.
⤷  Morphometry:
⤷ *Male: Abdomen - 45 to 46 mm, Hindwing - 34 to 38 mm.
⤷ *Female: Abdomen - 43 to 50 mm, Hindwing - 36 to 39 mm.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyCalopterygidae
GenusVestalis
SpeciesV. gracilis
Photographed in
India