Calopteryx splendens Harris, 1782

A West Palaearctic species, reaching Baikal and producing local forms of uncertain status.

Here presented is a form with extreme expression of wing colouration, extending to the wing tip, acompanied with females being androchromic, encountered with in Todzha intermontane hollow in NE Tuva.

a perching male

The Toora-Khem River river bank at the bridge within Toora-Khem village, Todzha intermontane hollow, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Central Siberia, Russia. 52o27' N 96o08' E, alt. 900-1100 m, 20th July 2000.

O. Kosterin

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