Platycnemis acutipennis
• English name: Orange Featherleg
• German name: Orange Federlibelle
• French name: Agrion orangé
• Dutch name: Oranje breedscheenjuffer
• Swedish name: N/A
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Platycnemis acutipennis
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 fairly large species which occurs in Iberia and in the south and west of France | |
| Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Platycnemididae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern, Endemic | |
| Scientific name | • Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841 | |
| Name genus | • Platycnemis: from Grk. πλατύς = wide +; κνημίς = greave, shin-pad | |
| Name species | • acutipennis: from Lat. acutus, -a, -um = pointed +; penna = feather, wing ⇒ for the narrower and more pointed wings (compared to P. pennipes) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • all types of running waters | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 34-37 mm; hindwing: 18-19 mm | |
| Both sexes | Thorax | ➤ the beige thorax typically bears a double antehumeral stripe |
| Legs | • the shins are not particularly wide | |
| Male | Abdomen | ➤ the abdomen is orange with black markings on S7-S9 |
| • the lower appendages are clearly longer than the upper appendages | ||
| Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly orange/brown | |
| Female | Abdomen | • the abdomen is beige/brown with long black dorsal lines |
| Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly golden brown | |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in Spain and the Ardèche |
