Archibasis mimetes

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Blue-banded longtail
Male, Cairns

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Archibasis
Species:
A. mimetes
Binomial name
Archibasis mimetes
(Tillyard, 1913)[2]

Archibasis mimetes is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae,[3] commonly known as a blue-banded longtail.[4] It is a medium-sized damselfly; the male is bright blue and black.[4] It has been recorded from New Guinea and northern Australia,[5] where it inhabits streams.[6]

Etymology

The species name mimetes is from a Greek word meaning imitative. Robin Tillyard named this species of damselfly after its close resemblance to Pseudagrion australasiae.[2][7]

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    Male
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  • Female wings
    Female wings
  • Male wings
    Male wings

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References

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  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T87533313A87534071.en
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    doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library
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  3. ^ "Species Archibasis mimetes (Tillyard, 1913)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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  6. ISBN 978-1-74232-475-3
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  7. ^ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 134: 1–16.
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