Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842) — Yellow Bush Dart
- Suborder:
- Zygoptera
- Family:
- Platycnemididae
- Genus:
- Copera
- Species:
- Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)
- Common name:
- Yellow Bush Dart
- Global IUCN status:
- Least Concern
- Eco-system:
- Terrestrial, Freshwater
- Abundance:
- Uncommon
- Flight Seasons:
- May - February
- Local Distribution:
- Sylhet, Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal
- Global Distribution:
- Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Identification Key:
- The two hind pairs of tibiae yellow, reddish or brownish, only moderately dilated or not at all. Superior anal appendages only one-fourth the length of inferiors; female with posterior lobe of prothorax without spines.
- Abdomen Size:
- Male: 29.5 mm
Female: 29.5 mm
- Wing Size:
- Male: 17 mm
Female: 20 mm
- Wing Spot:
- Male: Brown framed with yellow
Female: Paler
- Eye Color:
- Male: Black above, greenish sides with narrow equatorial band
Female: Similar to male but cap olivaceous brown
- COI Gene:
>gi|554517975|gb|KF369351.1| Copera marginipes voucher RMNH.INS.501092 cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene, partial cds; mitochondrial
GACATTATATTTAATATTCGGGGCATGAGCTGGAATAGTAGGAACAGCTTTAAGAATATTAATTCGAATTGAATTAGGACAACCAGGGTCATTAATCGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAACGTTGTGGTTACAGCACACGCTTTCGTTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAACTGGCTAGTACCTTTAATACTAGGAGCCCCAGATATAGCATTCCCACGACTTAATAATATAAGATTTTGGTTACTACCTCCCTCATTAACTCTTTTACTATCAAGTAGATTAGTAGAAAGAGGGGCGGGTACTGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCATTAGCTGGAGCTATTGCTCATTCAGGAGGGTCAGTTGATCTAACTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTGGCAGGAGTATCATCAATTTTAGGGGCAATTAATTTTATTACTACAACTATTAATATAAAATCACCAGGTATAAAATTAGATCAAATACCATTATTTGTATGAGCAGTGGTAATTACAGCAGTGTTACTATTATTATCTTTGCCAGTACTTGCTGGAGCAATTACAATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATATTAATACATCATTCTTTGATCCAGCAGGTGGAGGGGACCCAATCCTATATCAACATTTATTT
- CO1 Protein:
>tr|U5T628|U5T628_9ODON Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (Fragment) OS=Copera marginipes GN=COI PE=3 SV=1
TLYLMFGAWAGMVGTALSMLIRIELGQPGSLIGDDQIYNVVVTAHAFVMIFFMVMPIMIGGFGNWLVPLMLGAPDMAFPRLNNMSFWLLPPSLTLLLSSSLVESGAGTGWTVYPPLAGAIAHSGGSVDLTIFSLHLAGVSSILGAINFITTTINMKSPGMKLDQMPLFVWAVVITAVLLLLSLPVLAGAITMLLTDRNINTSFFDPAGGGDPILYQHLF