Indolestes pulcherrimus

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Indolestes pulcherrimus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Indolestes
Species:
I. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Indolestes pulcherrimus
(Fraser, 1924)
Synonyms

Ceylonlestes pulcherrima Fraser, 1924 [2]

Indolestes pulcherrimus is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. [1] [3] [4] The species was known only from in Kodagu district, Karnataka. [4] Later it is found in forest swamps in Wayanad district, Kerala too.

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Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized damselfly with blue eyes. Its prothorax is brownish above and bluish on the sides. Its thorax is dark metallic green on dorsum with a narrow blue mid-dorsal stripe. Sides are blue, marked with a large black spot behind the lateral suture, followed by a smaller one in the middle. Wings are transparent with blackish-brown pterostigma. Abdomen is azure blue on the sides, marked with black on dorsum. The mark on segment 2 looks like a thistle head. Segments 8 is black. The apical half of segment 9 and whole of segment 10 are azure blue. [4] [2]

Female is similar to the male; differs only in the colors. Segment 8-10 are dark brown. [4] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Subramanian, K.A. (2011). "Indolestes pulcherrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T175175A7117508. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175175A7117508.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records). pp. 487–489.
  3. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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.  72-74.

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