Hylaeothemis indica

Hylaeothemis indica[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, endemic to India.[1][3]

Hylaeothemis indica
male

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Libellulidae
Genus:
Hylaeothemis
Species:
H. indica
Binomial name
Hylaeothemis indica
Fraser, 1946

Fraser described Hylaeothemis indica from specimens from the Western Ghats of India.[4] Previously this species has been treated as H. fruhstorferi; a species probably actually confined to Sri Lanka.[1][5] Fraser had also described a subspecies Hyaleothemis fruhstorferi apicalis in 1924[6] which may be a synonym of this.[7]

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized dragonfly with bluish-green eyes. Its thorax is black, marked with pale blue. There are two fine mid-dorsal stripes and a humeral stripe broadening below. Laterally blue, with a rather broad black stripe which bifurcates below to form an inverted Y. Abdomen is slim, black, marked with pale blue. There is a large lateral spot and a triangular apical mid-dorsal spot on segment 1. There is a fine mid-dorsal stripe, a large subdorsal apical spot and a large ventro-lateral spot on segment 2. Segments 3 to 6 have lateral stripes. Segment 7 has a large dorsal spot on the basal three-fourths. Anal appendages are black. Female is similar to the male; but greenish-yellow instead of blue, as in the sub-adult male.[5]

It is found in small colonies closely associated with forested marshes. It breeds in the seepage from marshes along the banks of mountain streams and usually found resting on the foliage beside streams.[8][9]

gollark: Balloons are such great dragøns.
gollark: Inverse mints are such cool dragons.
gollark: You can only get one UDmint.
gollark: There are just lots of upsidedown mints.
gollark: Possibly not.

See also
  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References
  1. Dow, R.A. (2009). "Hylaeothemis indica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163699A5637863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163699A5637863.en.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. 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. 328–329. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. Fraser, F. C. (1946). "Hylaeothemis indica, a new species of oriental libelluline (order Odonata)". Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 15 (7/8): 97–100.
  5. C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 261–262.
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 430.
  7. Kimmins, D. E. (1966). "A list of the Odonata types described by F. C. Fraser, now in the British Museum (Natural History)". Bulletin of the British Museum. 18: 196–197. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. "Hylaeothemis indica Fraser, 1946". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  9. "Hylaeothemis indica Fraser, 1946". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-13.


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