Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 121

India
Throughout Indian subcontinent up to an altitude
of 2,000 m/6,562 ft.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar (Singhbhum),
Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi, Goa, Gujarat
(Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Junagadh, Kachchh, Pipri, Surat
and Valsad dists.), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
(Bilaspur, Kangra, Sirmour, Solan and Una dists. and
Renuka Wetland), Jharkhand (Dhanbad and
Singhbhum dists.), Karnataka (Kodagu dist./Coorg)
Kerala (Malabar, Thiruvananthapuram), Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra (Melghat Tiger Reserve,
Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tadoba
Tiger Reserve), Manipur, Meghalaya, Nilgiris
(2,133.6 m/7,000 ft), Odisha, Punjab (Ferozepur,
Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Sangrur dists.), Sikkim, Tamil
Nadu (Nilgiris), Tripura, Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun,
Nainital and Pauri dists. and Rajaji National Park),
Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi) and West Bengal (Kolkata).

(Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 23.0-24.0, fwing. 25.0-
26.5, hwing. 25.5-27.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

Distribution

Rajasthan
Thar Desert at Osian and Lake Kailana; Mandore,
Jodhpur district; in and around Mount Abu
Wildlife Sanctuary and Nikki lake in Mt. Abu,
Sirohi district; Raghunath, Sikar district;
Jawavadam, Ramgarh; Udaipur.

India
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar,
Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi, Gujarat (Ahwa,
Amreli, Pipri, Saputara, Vadodara and Valsad
dists.), Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur, Kangra,
Kinnaur and Una dists.), Jammu and Kashmir,
Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Nagaland,
Punjab (Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur dists.),
Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (Chamoli,
Dehra Dun, Nainital, Pauri, Pithoragarh, Tehri
and Uttarkashi dists. and Rajaji National Park),
West Bengal.

Habitat
It occupies a broad range of slow-fl owing and
still-water habitats, from ponds to wet ricefi elds
and marshes. It is very tolerant of disturbance.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

Habitat
Found in medium to slow-moving marshy
streams, commonly around open rocky and
sandy-bed streams. Breeds side pools of streams
during monsoon. Larvae are found in slow-
fl owing marshy streams.

13. Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845)

English Names
Azure Blue Skimmer, Azure Skimmer, Little
Skimmer, Small Skimmer.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

Description
Abdomen tapers evenly without a 'waist'; length
about 35.0 mm.
Male: Covered in a light-blue pruinescence,
combining black, brown and beige with two
whitish bands on side of thorax. Another useful
feature to identify the species is brown colour of
top of the eyes.
Abdomen 22.0-25.0, hindwing 25.0-27.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ), abdn. 23.0-24.0, fwing. 25.0-
27.0, hwing. 25.0-26.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Without dusty look.
Abdomen 24.0, hindwing 28.0 mm (Fraser

14. Orthetrum triangulare triangulare (Selys,
1878)

English Name
Blue-Tailed Forest Hawk.

Description
Medium-sized dragonfl y with black thorax, black-
brown patch at wing base and blue abdomen.
Male: Abdomen 29.0-33.0, hindwing
37.0-41.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ;

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