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
• Italian name: N/A
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: N/A
• 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) | |
| Name genus | • Epallage: from Grk. ἐπαλλαγή = 'mutual connection' ⇒ regarded by Charpentier as a link between the families Calopterygidae and Gomphidae | |
| Name species | • fatime: after Fatimah (609-632), daughter of Muhammad | |
| 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 |
Epallage fatime; wing
Note: This very long pterostigma is unique among European damselflies.
