Drepanosticta gazella

Male: Drepanosticta gazella is a forest-dwelling damselfly characterized by a predominantly black body and creamy-white marking. The head and eyes are black. The prothorax is flesh-coloured white, marked with a central black spot on its anterior lobe. Its posterior lobe is black with a long, thin ensiform process at each outer angle and pointed tip. The synthorax is mostly black with an ivory-white band on the mesepimerum. The abdomen is blackish brown, featuring small yellowish-brown rings at the bases of segments 3 through 7. Segment 8 is pale yellowish brown laterally, while the dorsum of segment 9 is sky-blue. Segment 10 and the anal appendages are black. Female: The female of Drepanosticta gazella has a blue little patch on the dorsum of abdominal segment 9. The posterior lobe of the prothorax is structured as in the male, though its lateral horns are slightly shorter and rounded at the tips. The ovipositor valves are very long, with the ventral margin appearing almost straight in profile and extending approximately 1 mm beyond the end of segment 10.