Diplacodes

Diplacodes is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family.^[2] They are commonly known as perchers. Their colours range from the totally black body of the African Diplacodes lefebvrii, the lovely pale blue of India's Diplacodes trivialis, to the intense red of the Asian–Australian Diplacodes haematodes.

Various species of this genus occur in Africa, Asia, Australia and the South West Pacific. They are generally small in size.

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Diplacodes bipunctata (Brauer, 1865)	wandering percher^[4]	Australia
Diplacodes deminuta Lieftinck, 1969	little percher^[5]	Central Africa
Diplacodes exilis Ris, 1911		Madagascar
Diplacodes haematodes (Burmeister, 1839)	scarlet percher^[4]	Australia (except Tasmania), Timor, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.
Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)	black percher^[6]	Africa and southern Eurasia.
Diplacodes luminans (Karsch, 1893)	luminous percher, barbet, barbet percher^[7]	Central Africa
Diplacodes melanopsis (Martin, 1901)	black-faced percher^[4]	Eastern Australia
Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)	charcoal-winged percher^[4]	Asia and northern Australia
Diplacodes pumila Dijkstra, 2006	dwarf percher^[8]	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)	chalky percher,^[4] ground skimmer^[9]	India

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