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INDEX  >  Damselflies of Borneo  >  Family Coenagrionidae 細蟌科 > Genus Ceriagrion

Family Coenagrionidae 細蟌科
Genus Ceriagrion

There are only two species in this genus of Ceriagrion:

1 - Ceriagrion Bellona (Endemic of Borneo)
2 - Ceriagrion Cerinorubellum 彩虹細蟌

Ceriagrion Bellona (Endemic of Borneo)	Ceriagrion Cerinorubellum 彩虹細蟌
Male : Body Length 37mm Front wing 20mm Female : 38mm 20mm   The thorax of Ceriagrion Bellona males is orange and greenish with bright red abdomens while the females have olive green thorax. Males look quite similar to C. cerinorubellum (Ornate Coraltail) which is the more common of the two Ceriagrion species found in Borneo.	Male : Body Length 35mm Front wing 17mm Female :   Males of C. Bellonalook and C. cerinorubellum look similar to each other. These two Ceriagrion species are commonly found in Borneo.
This pair of Ceriagrion Bellona were found mating and ovipositing along a small stream in hilly forest edge in Sabah

Genus Ceriagrion are powerful hunters with strong jaws. The female Ceriagrion Cerinorubellum was seen hunted down a fly double her body size.

Ceriagrion bellona Laidlaw, 1915
Endemic of Borneo

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)
彩虹細蟌

CHART OF DAMSELFLIES OF BORNEO

Here are index to damselflies sorted according to colour for our quick identification:

1- GREEN damselflies of Sabah, Borneo
2- BLUE damselflies
3- RED damselflies
4- ORANGE damselflies

Out of the global 10 families of damselflies, the following 7 families  are found in Borneo Island :

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HEAD of Damselflies

Damselfly head include :
1- compound eyes,
2- ocelli,
3- antennae,
4- mouth structures

Dragonflies of Borneo
"With 275 named species so far recorded in Borneo, the island has one of the richest and most exciting dragonfly faunas in the world. More than 40% of species occur nowhere else, making it the most distinctive sub-region of Sundaland." A Guide to the Dragonflies of Borneo by Albert G. Orr
 

Damselflies of Borneo