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| Protosticta mortoni Fraser, 1924 | |
Protosticta mortoni, [1] is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. [2] [3]
It is a large slender damselfly with black capped ultramarine blue eyes. Its prothorax is blue with posterior lobe black. Its thorax is glossy black, marked with two narrow blue lateral stripes on each side. There is a similar stripe on the posterior part of metepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with white and blue. Sides of segment 1 is blue; 2 is white. Segment 3 is with a narrow basal annule. Segments 4 to 7 are with broad basal annules. Segment 8 is with its basal half turquoise-blue, extending along sides nearly as far as apex, and separated from the base of segment by a very narrow black basal ring. Segments 9 and 10 are unmarked. Anal appendages are black. Female is very similar to the male, but shorter and more robustly built. [2]
It is similar to Protosticta gravelyi , but can be distinguished by the prothorax blue with its posterior lobe black and by the markings on segment 8, the basal half of dorsum being unmarked. [2]
Esme longistyla is damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the Nilgiri bambootail. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.
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Cratilla lineata, the line forest-skimmer, emerald-banded skimmer or pale-faced forest-skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in many Asian countries.
Melligomphus acinaces is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is endemic to the streams of Western Ghats of India. This species was originally described as a Onychogomphus. However, both the pattern and the shape of the anal appendages do not fit Onychogomphus but are very close to those of the species placed in Melligomphus.
Lamelligomphus nilgiriensis is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is endemic to the hill streams of Western Ghats of India. This species has been placed by many authors in Onychogomphus but should be included in Lamelligomphus following Fraser (1934), based on the shape of the male anal appendages.
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Macromia flavicincta is a species of dragonfly in the family Macromiidae. It is an endemic dragonfly in India.
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Esme mudiensis is a damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the Travancore bambootail. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in India, particularly south of Palakkad Gap.
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