Blue-winged Helicopter
Megaloprepus caerulatus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Megaloprepus caerulatus, also known as the blue-winged helicopter, is a forest giant damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. Forest giant damselflies were previously recognized as their own family, Pseudostigmatidae. M. caerulatus is found in wet and moist forests in Central and South America. It has the greatest wingspan of any living damselfly or dragonfly, up to 19 centimetres (7.5 in) in the largest males. Its large size and the markings on its wings make it a conspicuous species; a hovering Megaloprepus has been described as a "pulsating blue-and-white beacon".
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Coenagrionidae
- Genus
- Megaloprepus