English name:  marsh blutail / tropical bluetail

Size:  medium damselfly (2.5-4 cm).
 

Habitat:  vegetated water bodies

Distribution: throughout Africa and also in large parts of Asia.
In Israel it is common throughout the country, בעיקר in the south and לאורך the Syrian-African Rift.

Season:  flies throughout the year (according to data from Turkey).  

Identification marks:
Male-  the thorax is blue or light green.
The thoracic stripes (antehumeral) are narrow and green.
The upper part of the abdomen is dark, except for the eighth abdominal segment, which is entirely blue.
In the second abdominal segment, the blue part at the bottom and the black part at the top are separated by a deep, prominent wave (diagnostic feature).

Females - in the genus Ischnura the females are very similar and distinguishing between them is difficult and not always possible.

Similar species:
Male - all members of the genus Ischnura, as well as the Nile bluetail, are very similar to one another, and one must look closely to identify with certainty.