Libellago adami, Adam's gem, is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are streams and lowland wet zone rivers, where there is fast flowing waters exist. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Adam's gem | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Chlorocyphidae |
Genus: | Libellago |
Species: | L. adami
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Binomial name | |
Libellago adami Fraser, 1939
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References
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edit- http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Libellago_adami/classification/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150219172210/http://www.wht.lk/storage/book_downloads/CorrigendaAddendum.pdf
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1939.tb00488.x/abstract;jsessionid=84595BA5BC46096A673EAB51CC35F861.f03t04
- http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/animals/dragonflies.php