Southern Downs InsectsSouthern Downs Beetles Southern Downs Buterflies & Moths Australian Emperor Scarlet Percher
The Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) belongs to the order Odonata and found throughout Australia.
Whilst small in size, this is a striking bright red dragonfly. It is the mature male of the species that are red, including red eyes, red face, red thorax and red abdomen. They also have the reddish suffusions on the wing base and under certain lighting conditions the gossamer wings appear golden.
The female of the species are a yellow-ochre in colour.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Odonata
- Suborder: Anisoptera
- Superfamily: Libelluloidea
- Family: Libellulidae
- Genus: Diplacodes
- Species: Diplacodes haematodes
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/
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