Phaon iridipennis  

face: buff with some brown and deep green markings. Anteclypeus, postclypeus and frons in front dark buff with diffuse, brown markings. Genae light buff. Frons above light buff. Rest of head, bordering eyes, dark green with a buff, central area.

eyes: above dark greyish brown, below light greyish brown. blotchy buff, brown and metallic green.

Prothorax: light brown with alternating wide stripes of metallic green and narrow stripes of dark brown.

Wings: clear becoming slightly smoky with age, and with bright, silvery iridescence that appears blue and mauve when viewed at particular angles.

Pterostigmas: absent or very small, light brown turning dark brown with age.

Abdomen: dark, metallic green with fine, light-brown rings at each segmental joint. Light brown below.

Female: almost identical in colour and patterning to male, only less metallic.

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