Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 124

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Chandrapur
dist., Melghat Tiger Reserve, Osmanabad dist.,
Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Khandala, Khed
and Lonavala, Pune dist. and Tadoba Tiger
Reserve), Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab
(Hoshiarpur and Ropar dists,), Tamil Nadu
(Coomb river, Chennai), Tripura, Uttarakhand
(Dehra Dun, Nainital and Pauri dists. and Rajaji
National Park), Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
(Kolkata).

dist.; Barna, Jaisalmer dist., Desert National
Park; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur; in and
around Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirohi
district.

India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi, Eastern
Himalaya, Gujarat (Bhuj, Kachchh and Kheda
dists.), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand
(Dhanbad), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra (Ambenali, Satara dist., Chandrapur
dist., Melghat Tiger Reserve, Sanjay Gandhi
National Park and Tadoba Tiger Reserve),
Odisha, Peninsular India, Tamil Nadu, Tripura,
Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun and Nainital dists.),
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Kolkata).

Habitat
It inhabits weedy ponds, lakes and slowly mov-
ing streams. It is very tolerant of disturbance.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Bradinopyga Kirby, 1893
(Subfamily: Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917)

Habitat
Adults are common along small pools of water or
small stagnant water bodies nearby agricultural
fi elds. They also breed in wells, tanks, drums,
rainy hollows in the rocks and invariably settling
with wings fl attened on the granite face, with
which their marbled grey-coloured body harmo-
nies to such an extent that they become practi-
cally invisible.

18. Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842)

English Name
Granite Ghost.

Description
Medium-sized grey dragonfl y with black and
white markings.
Male: Abdomen 26.0-29.0, hindwing 33.0-
36.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
abdn. 29.5, fwing. 33.0, hwing. 32.0 mm (Prasad
1996a , b ), abdn. 28.0, fwing. 34.0, hwing.
33.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 29.0-30.0, fwing.
33.0-34.0, hwing. 33.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ),
abdn. 27.50, forewing 35.00, hindwing 34.00 mm
(Prasad 2007 ).
Female: Abdomen 26.0-29.0, hindwing 32.0-
36.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
abdn. 28.0, fwing. 34.5, hwing. 34.0 mm (Prasad
2004b ).

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

Threats
No information is available.
Genus: Crocothemis Brauer, 1868
(Subfamily: Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917)

19. Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1773)

English Names
Oriental Scarlet, Ruddy Marsh Skimmer.

Distribution
At around 457.2 m/1,500 ft altitude in Peninsular
India.

Description
Medium-sized blood red or reddish-yellow drag-
onfl y with amber-coloured patch at base of wings.
Male: Face blood red, eyes blood red above
purple on sides, thorax blood red to orange,
abdomen blood red with mid-dorsa carina
blackish on last few segments, anal appendage

Rajasthan
Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Thar Desert at Osian and
Lake Kailana and Pataudi House, Paota, Jodhpur