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Threats
There are likely to be local threats arising from
the loss of wetlands due to agriculture and devel-
opmental activities. Not threatened at present.
Genus: Neurothemis Brauer, 1867
(Subfamily: Sympetrinae Tillyard, 1917)

and Nainital dists. and Rajaji National Park) and
West Bengal (Darjeeling).

Habitat
Breeds in weedy ponds, reservoirs and marshes
and in agricultural or open fi elds and occupies a
broad altitudinal range.

23. Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

English Name
Fulvous Forest Skimmer

24. Neurothemis intermedia intermedia

Description
Medium-sized rusty (reddish-brown)-coloured
dragonfl y with transparent wing tips.
Male: Face reddish-brown, eyes dark reddish-
brown/golden-brown, thorax and abdomen
reddish-brown, wings opaque with dark reddish-
brown with transparent tips, pterostigma dark
reddish-brown, legs dark reddish-brown.
Abdomen 21.0-26.0, hindwing 27.0-
32.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
abdn. 24.5, fwing. 31.0, hwing. 30.0 mm (Prasad
1996a , b ).
Female: Head, thorax and abdomen paler than
that of male or rusty brown, wings clear
amber-yellow with a dark stripe extending to tip
in forewing.
Abdomen 20.0-24.0, hindwing 26.0-32.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 24.0,
fwing. 30.5, hwing. 30.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ).

(Rambur, 1842)

English Name
Ruddy Meadow Skimmer.

Description
Medium-sized red dragonfl y with a broad amber
patch at base of wings.
Male: Abdomen 22-24, hindwing 24-27 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 23.0-
24.0, fwing. 25.0-27.5, hwing. 24.5-27.0 mm
(Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 23.5, fwing. 26.0, hwing.
26.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 21-24, hindwing
25-28 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ),
abdn. 22.0-24.0, fwing. 25.0-28.0, hwing. 24.0-
27.5 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 23.0, fwing.
25.5, hwing. 25.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

Distribution

Distribution
Up to altitude of 914.4 m/3,000 ft.

Rajasthan
Thar Desert.

Rajasthan
Thar Desert.

India
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh
(Bastar dist.), Deccan, Eastern Himalaya, Himachal
Pradesh (Kangra dist.), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra (Pune, Mahabaleshwar and
Mumbai), Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha,
Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,
Tripura, Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun dist. and Rajaji
National Park), Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

India
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh (Bastar
dist.), Deccan plateau, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh
(Renuka Wetland, Sirmour dist.), Jharkhand,
Karnataka, Kerala (Malabar), Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra (Moolah Canal/pools in the neigh-
bouring Bhairoba Nala, Pune), Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab,
Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun

Habitat
It breeds in a variety of standing water habitats.