---
title: "Yellow featherlegs"
description: "Copera marginipes — Insects & spiders. Copera marginipes, commonly known as the yellow bush dart, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-featherlegs
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow featherlegs

> Copera marginipes — Insects & spiders. Copera marginipes, commonly known as the yellow bush dart, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae.

- Scientific name: *Copera marginipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 9694
- Wikidata: [Q7244446](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7244446)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98382](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98382)

## Names

- en: Yellow featherlegs

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2600), IN (1108), HK (1002), TH (941), ID (730), CN (243), LK (210), MY (203), SG (145), VN (67), MO (63), KH (41)

## Summary

Copera marginipes, commonly known as the yellow bush dart, is a species of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is native to Asia, where it is widespread and common.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copera_marginipes

## Photo

![Yellow featherlegs](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-featherlegs/medium.jpg)

Photo: stanley Chen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114063630

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-featherlegs?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).