Epophthalmia frontalis

Epophthalmia frontalis
Male
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Macromiidae
Genus:	Epophthalmia
Species:	E. frontalis
Binomial name
Epophthalmia frontalis Selys, 1871
Synonyms
Macromia binocellata Fraser, 1924 Epopththalmia frontalis malabarensis Fraser, 1935

Epophthalmia frontalis ^[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is found in India, Nepal, Thailand, and other southeast Asian countries. ^{[3] [1]}

Description

It is a large dragonfly with bluish-green eyes. Its thorax is dark reddish-brown with a dark green metallic reflex, marked with yellow. There is a narrow antehumeral stripe, and an oblique narrow stripe on each side; the two stripes meeting over the dorsum between the wings. Abdomen is black, changing to dark reddish-brown at the terminal segments, ringed with bright ochreous yellow. The base of segment 1 is yellow. Segment 2 has a narrow ring as in Epophthalmia vittata . Segment 3 has a complete broad ring occupying the apical two-thirds of the segment. Segments 4 to 7 have a broad basal ring. Segment 8 has a broad basal triangle of yellow. Segment 10 has a basal vestige of yellow. Segment 10 is entirely yellow. Anal appendages are reddish-brown. ^[4]

See also

• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala

References

1. Sharma, G.; Dow, R.A. (2010). "Epophthalmia frontalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T169181A6576838. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T169181A6576838.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
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. p. 280. ISBN   978-81-8171-495-4.
4. 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. 197–199.