Ischnura senegalensis Sarawak.
There are already very many photos of Ischnura senegalensis (Coenagrionidae) on the website, whether from Asia or Africa. In fact, all the details I usually report can be found on the pages dedicated to this species in Namibia (with the added bonus of an exceptional case of predation).
Whether in Africa or Asia, it is hard to imagine a survey trip without encountering it.
IUCN Red List.
And, if I am sharing these photos once more, it is because I found that this single male from the trip resembled—through the narrowness of its pale antehumeral stripe—the ones I saw in Southern Africa, Namibia, South Africa, or Réunion. I draw no conclusions from this, as it is quite normal for a species with such a vast global distribution to show geographic variations.
We are less surprised by the variations in females because they are fundamentally variable, with their ontogeny revealing an incredible palette of colours, as with our Ischnura elegans.
Etymology of Ischnura senegalensis
Described under the name Agrion senegalense by Rambur (1842).
Ischnura (Charpentier, 1840), from the Greek ischnos – slender – and ura – tail, meaning abdomen for insects. Many species with an even more slender abdomen were unknown when Charpentier named this genus.
Senegalensis, of course, refers to Senegal, the origin of the first described specimen.
Charpentier, 1840 – Libellulinae europaeae descriptae ac depictae. P. 20.
Rambur, Jules, 1842 – Histoire naturelle des insectes. Névroptères – Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. P. 276.