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blood red, wings transparent with base marked
rich amber-yellow, pterostigma brown and legs
reddish. Whitish lines on thorax, whitish sur-
round to face and dusky tips on wings in
subadult.
Abdomen 24.0-35.0, hindwing 27.0-38.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ), abdn. 21.0-22.0, fwing. 26.0-27.0,
hwing. 25.0-26.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn.
24.0-27.0, fwing. 29.0-31.0, hwing. 28.0-
30.5 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 28.0-28.5, fwing.
33.5-34.0, hwing. 32.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ), abdn.
24.0-25.0, hwing. 27.0-38.0 (Subramanian 2009 ).
Female: Face pale yellow, eyes brown/oliva-
ceous, thorax brown, abdomen yellowish-brown
with black stripe above, wings transparent with
basal amber marking paler, pterostigma pale yel-
low and legs brown.
Abdomen 25.0-32.0, hindwing 31.0-37.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 21.0-
22.0, fwing. 26.5-27.7, hwing. 25.0-25.5 mm
(Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 22.0-26.0, fwing. 27.0-
29.5, hwing. 26.0-29.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ),
abdn. 22.0-23.0, fwing. 29.0, hwing. 28.5-
29.5 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

Pune dist., Matheran, Raigad dist., Upla, Melghat
Tiger Reserve, Osmanabad dist., Sanjay Gandhi
National Park and Tadoba Tiger Reserve),
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Odisha, Punjab (Amritsar, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur,
Hoshiarpur, Ropar and Sangrur dists.), Sikkim,
South India, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (Chamoli,
Dehra Dun, Nainital, Pauri and Pithoragarh dists.
and Rajaji National Park), Uttar Pradesh
(Varanasi) and West Bengal (Kolkata).

Habitat
Occurs in natural and man-made habitats, breeds
in ponds, ditches, marshes and open swamps.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Diplacodes Kirby, 1889
(Subfamily: Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917)

20. Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)

English Names
Black Ground Percher, Black Percher, Purple
Darter.

Distribution

Description
Small-sized black dragonfl y with smoky-brown
wing tips.
Male: Abdomen 17.0-25.0, hindwing 21.0-
29.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
fwing. 22.0, hwing. 21.0 (Prasad 1996a , b ).
Female: Abdomen 14.0-18.0, hindwing 18.0-
23.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).

Rajasthan
Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Thar Desert at Osian and
Lake Kailana, Jodhpur; Ajmer, Gudha-Bhilwara
dist. and Jodhpur; Girab, Barmer dist., Sam area
and Sudasari, Jaisalmer dist., Desert National
Park; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur; in and
around Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirohi
district.

Distribution

India
Throughout India - Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar
dist.), Delhi, Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Ahwa,
Baruch, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kachchh,
Pipri, Saputara and Valsad dists.), Haryana
(Hissar), Eastern Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh
(Kangra dist. and Renuka Wetland), Western
Himalaya, Goa, Jharkhand (Dhanbad and
Singhbhum dists.), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra (Colaba, Mumbai;
Gondhonkher, Buldhana dist., Khed and Lone,

Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur;
Lake Kailana, Akhairaj ji ka Talao, Kuri village,
Agolgi and Agolai, Jodhpur dist.; Bara Talab and
Hemawas dam, Pali dist.

India
Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Kerala, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Uttarakhand and West Coast (Fraserpet,
Coorg).