Leptobasis lucifer
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2021) |
| Leptobasis lucifer | |
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| A male L. lucifer in Loxahatchee NWR, Palm Beach County, FL. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Leptobasis |
| Species: | L. lucifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptobasis lucifer (Donnelly, 1967)
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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]
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