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Female: Abdomen 29.0-32.0, hindwing
37.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).

Description
Small-sized dragonfl y with greenish-yellow tho-
rax and blue abdomen.
Male: Abdomen 14-16, hindwing 15-21 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).
Female: Abdomen 13-14, hindwing 18-21 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 14.0,
fwing. 18.5, hwing. 18.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ).

Distribution
Up to elevations of 1,200 m/3,937 ft in South
Africa and between 800 and 1,890 m. (2,625 and
6,201 ft) in Malawi.

Rajasthan
Thar Desert; in and around Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary and Nikki lake in Mt. Abu, Sirohi
district.

Distribution

Rajasthan
In and around Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary,
Sirohi district.

India
Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh (Bilaspur, Kangra. Kinnaur, Sirmour and
Solan dists. and Renuka Wetland), Jammu and
Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland, Sikkim, South India (1,524-
2,286 m/5,000-7,500 ft altitude), Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand (Chamoli, Dehra Dun, Nainital,
Pauri, Pithoragarh, Tehri and Uttarkashi dists.
and Rajaji National Park), Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal.

India
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Eastern
Ghats, Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur, Hamirpur
and Kangra dists.), Karnataka, Punjab
(Hoshiarpur dist.), Tamil Nadu (Anaimalai,
Shevaroy and Nilgiri hills; Kodagu/Coorg),
Uttarakhand (Chamoli, Dehra Dun, Nainital,
Pauri, Pithoragarh, Tehri and Uttarkashi dists.
and Rajaji National Park) and West Bengal.

Habitat
Usually found in pools, pans, marshes and quite
reaches of rivers where it can perch on reeds or
tall grass in hilly areas and is tolerant of distur-
bance. Breeds in small ponds and marshy areas
with dense reed vegetation.

Habitat
Breeds in marshy areas and small pools.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Acisoma Rambur, 1842
(Subfamily: Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917)
(Darters) Conservation Status

IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

16. Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur,
1842

Remarks
Two subspecies are currently recognised, the
nominate subspecies and Orthetrum triangulare
malaccense .
Genus: Palpopleura Rambur, 1842
(Subfamily: Palpopleurinae - Widows)

English Name
Trumpet Tail.

Description
Small-sized blue dragonfl y with pale blue face,
eyes blue/glossy brown spotted with black,
thorax azure-blue, bulged abdomen azure-blue
with black stripe above, wings transparent,
pterostigma pale yellow and legs black with
yellow.

15. Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmaculata
(Fabricius, 1787)

Popular English Name
Blue-Tailed Yellow Skimmer.