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Megalagrion calliphya in life
In life — Beautiful Hawaiian Damselfly, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Forest & Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY)
BPBM 23784Entomology

Megalagrion calliphya

Beautiful Hawaiian Damselfly

As recorded: Megalagrion calliphya calliphya

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Odonata › Coenagrionidae

Collected by
Polhemus, D.A.
Date
May 3, 1993
Locality
Lahaihale: head of Waialea Gulch
Identified by
Polhemus, D.A.
Record type
Preserved specimen
123 Bishop specimens of Megalagrion calliphya · collected 1892–1994Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 3, 1993, Polhemus, D.A. also collected 7 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Megalagrion calliphya. BPBM 23784. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37523948. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/23784.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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