Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 115

Anax goliathus Fraser, 1922. J. Bombay nat. Hist.
Soc ., 28: 906.

Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Island, Maluku,
Sulawesi, Sumatera), Japan (Nansei-shoto),
Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands,
Micronesia FS, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New
Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles to Samoa in
Pacifi c, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor
Leste, United States Minor Outlying Islands and
Viet Nam.

English Name
Blue-Tailed Green Darner.

Description
Male: Face golden-yellow/greenish-yellow, eyes
bluish-yellow/black, thorax greenish, abdomen
pale green/turquoise-blue/green with turquoise-
blue spots above, wings transparent, hindwing
with amber-yellow patch, pterostigma reddish
and legs black.
Abdomen 56.0-62.0, hindwing 50.0-54.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdomen
57.0, fwing. 52.0, hwing. 51.0 mm (Prasad
1996a , b ).
Female: Hindwing often without amber patch,
turquoise-blue of 2nd segment divided into four
patches and orange spots on abdomen more
confl uent.
Abdomen 56.0-58.0, hindwing 52.0-54.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 52.5,
fwing. 50.0, hwing. 50.0 (Prasad 2004a ).

Habitat
Inhabits open weedy ponds, marshes, big wells
and lakes and is tolerant of disturbance. Breeds in
marshes.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

2. Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842

English Name
Magnifi cent Emperor.

Description
Male: Face greenish, eyes sapphire-blue, thorax
bluish-green/turquoise-blue above with two
black streaks on sides, abdomen black/turquoise-
blue with a black mark, transparent wings tinted
with amber-yellow, pterostigma reddish-brown
and legs black.
Abdomen 52.0-55.0, anal appendage 6.0,
hindwing 55.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ), abdomen
52.0-55, hwing 55.0 mm (Subramanian 2009 ).
Female: Turquoise-blue replaced by greenish-
yellow and black by reddish-brown.
Abdomen 56.0, hindwing 58.0-60.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).

Distribution
Mostly plains, occurring up to an altitude of
1,800 m in Western Ghats (India).

Rajasthan
Girab, Barmer dist., and Desert National Park.

India
Andhra Pradesh (Waltair, Visakhapatnam dist.),
Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Eastern Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh (Renuka
Wetland, Sirmour dist.), Karnataka (Kodagu
dist./Coorg), Kerala (Anaimalai hills; Malabar),
Punjab, Tamil Nadu (Anaimalai, Coimbatore
dist., Chennai; Nilgiri), Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun
dist.) and Uttar Pradesh.

Distribution
At altitude varying from 457.2-2,286.0 m/1,500
to 7,500 ft altitude.

Rajasthan
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirohi district.

Elsewhere
Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland),
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China
(Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan), Cook
Islands, Hong Kong, Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya,

India
Bihar, Chandigarh, Eastern Ghats, Himalaya,
Maharashtra (Mumbai, Nagpur, Pench National