Matrona, SELYS, 1853

Yu, Xin, Xue, Junli, Hämäläinen, Matti, Liu, Yang & Bu, Wenjun, 2015, A revised classification of the genus Matrona Selys, 1853 using molecular and morphological methods (Odonata: Calopterygidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (3), pp. 473-486 : 480

SUBGENUS MATRONA SELYS, 1853

Generic diagnosis: Male wings uniformly dark blue opaque or reddish brown with a distinctive area of the wing base, of variable size, which appears milky when viewed from an oblique angle, owing to the presence of bluish white cross-veins. The reticulation of the wings is dense to very dense, especially in the hind wings ( Fig. 6A, B ). Median space usually with 5–7 reticulated cross-veins.

Figures

Figure 6. Right wings of males of Matrona species: A, M. basilaris (Qingliangfeng, Zhejiang); B, M. mazu sp. nov. (Baisha, Hainan; paratype, HaNBS02); C, M. oreades (Emeishan, Sichuan); D, M. taoi (Xuan Son, Vietnam; paratype).