Family: Libellulidae
Scientific Name: Aethriamanta aethra
Common Name: Blue Adjutant
Blue Adjutant is a small and inconspicuous Libellulid. The Body length is about 27-30mm. It is rare in Singapore and found at open swamp forest and well-vegetated ponds in open country.
I have seen this species at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserves fresh water ponds; Chestnut Forest; and Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West. For adult male, it is generally bluish in colour on the thorax and part of the abdomen. The last four segments of the male’s abdomen are dark and a very distinctive dark brown patches at the base of the hind wings.
Young male is light brown in colour with dark markings at the thorax. Wind Venation of this species is open.
Refer to Pictures of Young Male here.
PICTURE OF SINGAPORE ODONATA 