Ceriagrion olivaceum

Ceriagrion olivaceum[3] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. it is commonly known as rusty marsh dart.[4][5] This species can be found in south and southeast Asia.[1][6]

Ceriagrion olivaceum
male
female

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ceriagrion
Species:
C. olivaceum
Binomial name
Ceriagrion olivaceum
Laidlaw, 1914
Synonyms

Ceriagrion aurantiacum Fraser, 1924[2]

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized damselfly with olivaceous brown capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is olive green, paler on the sides. Its abdomen is throughout olivaceous brown on dorsal half and paler on the ventral half. Its superior anal appendages are brown and triangular when seen from the dorsum. The apex broadly rounded. The inferiors are sloping strongly up to meet the superiors, broad at base and tapering to a point. Female is similar to the male.[7]

It breeds in slow running marshy streams, ponds, and swamps.[7][2][8][4][5]

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See also

References
  1. Mitra, A. (2010). "Ceriagrion olivaceum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T167147A6308337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167147A6308337.en.
  2. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 492.
  3. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  4. "Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  5. "Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  6. K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 151–152. ISBN 9788181714954.
  7. C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 324–326.
  8. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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