About the Charcoal-Winged Percher
Diplacodes nebulosa (the black-tipped percher, black-tipped ground skimmer or charcoal-winged percher) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is a widely distributed species in many Asian countries. and northern Australia.
Diplacodes nebulosa is a very small and slender dragonfly. Males have a black abdomen and black wing tips; females are yellow and black, and their wings can be hyaline, or with an orange base, or, like the male, have black tips.
It prefers marshes and heavily weeded ponds. The genus name Diplacodes combines Diplax, a genus name derived from the Greek δίς (dis, "twice") and πλάξ (plax, "flat and broad"), with the Greek suffix –ώδης (-ōdēs, "resembling" or "having the nature of"). The name refers to the similarity of the genus to Diplax and Diplacina.
The species name nebulosa is derived from the Latin nebulosus ("misty", "foggy" or "dark"), likely referring to the small black body or black wingtips. List of odonates of Sri Lanka List of odonates of India List of Odonata species of Australia Wikipedia →