Epallage fatime
• English name: Odalisque
• German name: Blaue Orientjungfer
• French name: N/A
• Dutch name: Oriëntjuffer
• Swedish name: N/A
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: N/A
• Danish name: N/A
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• Bulgarian name: Каменисто мекошарче
Epallage fatime
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015

Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
General | • a large and robust species of south-eastern Europe which spreads its wings when at rest | |
Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Euphaeidae | |
Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Near Threatened | |
Scientific name | • Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840) | |
Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
Habitat | • rocky streams and rivers | |
Dimensions | • typical body length: 40-50 mm; hindwing: 30-34 mm | |
Notes | ➤ spreads its wings fully when resting on rocks or stream-side vegetation | |
• its flight is strong, like that of a dragonfly | ||
• both males and females hold territories at the water | ||
• the only species in this genus | ||
Both sexes | Wings | • the wings may be hyaline or have a smoky brown tint but in either case the wing tip is typically dark |
➤ the pterostigma is dark grey and very long | ||
Legs | • the legs have short spines | |
Male | Thorax | • the thorax is dark blue but, in mature males, it is covered with a pale, whitish pruinescence |
Abdomen | • the abdomen is dark blue but, in mature males, it is covered with a pale, whitish pruinescence | |
Female | Thorax | • in younger females the thorax is yellow with broad black stripes; in older females the side of the thorax is covered in a white pruinescence |
Abdomen | • in younger females the abdomen is black with white lateral patches; in older females the abdomen is covered in a white pruinescence | |
Photographs | • our photos below were made in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey |