Calopteryx splendens (banded Demoiselle)

Banded demoiselle

Found in most of Eurasia between Western Europe and China

A large damselfly. Males have translucent wings, with a dark blue-black spot or band in the middle of the wing. In immature males this band may be dark brown. Males have metallic blue to bluish-green bodies. Females have iridescent and translucent pale green wings with white pseudopterostigma (contrastingly coloured patches near the wing-tips). They have metallic green or green-bronze bodies.