Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lyriothemis acigastra

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Original – A male Lyriothemis acigastra, a dragonfly species native to India, photographed in Kadavoor

Second image in the set – A female Lyriothemis acigastra, a dragonfly species native to India, photographed in Kadavoor

Reason: A well-composed shot of a very rare species; while some may feel it falls a little short of the very high insect standard we have set, we are lucky to have a picture at all. According to a recent study, some details about the species are unreported; this, the authors say, "may be due to its secretive nature and rare occurrence". As such, I think we should be willing to overlook minor technical imperfections. We also have a female and a mating pair from the same photographer.
Articles in which this image appears: Lyriothemis acigastra
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Jeevan Jose

Support as nominator – Josh Milburn (talk) 16:52, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but I'd prefer a set nomination, together with a female. Brandmeister^talk 21:29, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, and a preemptive support set assuming it's added. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:34, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I've added the female- I, too, support the set (and the male individually). Josh Milburn (talk) 19:12, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - as a set--Godot13 (talk) 19:15, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -Jobas (talk) 21:28, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support as set only. The slightly different angle increases the EV when paired. Mattximus (talk) 22:00, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support set. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:45, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Original - DreamSparrow ^Chat 18:48, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support and prefer set. Thanks Josh Milburn for the nice article. J e e 02:33, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - set. talk→ WPPilot 15:33, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lyriothemis acigastra male at Kadavoor.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lyriothemis acigastra female at Kadavoor.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Both images have enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:16, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]