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27. Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867) fwing. 42.0, hwing. 41.5 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ),

abdn. 30.0-31.5, fwing. 38.0-39.0, hwing.
38.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 30.0-33.0, fwing.
41.0-42.5, hwing. 40.0-41.5 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Very similar to the male, eyes
olivaceous-brown above and wings smoky,
abdomen without red colouration as found in
males.
Abdomen 30.0-33.0, hindwing 39.0-41.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ), abdn. 32.0,
fwing. 42.0, hwing. 41.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ),
abdn. 30.0-32.0, fwing. 39.0-40.0, hwing. 38.5-
40.0 mm (Prasad 2004a ), abdn. 32.0, fwing. 42.0,
hwing. 41.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

English Name
Amber-Winged Marsh Glider.

Description
Large dragonfl y with transparent rusty wings.
Male: Abdomen 29-33, hindwing 40-42
(Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).
Female: Abdomen 28-34, hindwing
42-48 mm (Fraser 1936 ; Subramanian 2009 ).

Distribution

Rajasthan
Thar Desert.

Distribution
Circumtropical and subtropical, found up to
5,486.4 m/18,000 ft.

India
Eastern India, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka
(Kodagu/Coorg), Kerala (Malabar), Maharashtra
(Khandala; Mumbai), Meghalaya, Odisha and
Western Ghats.

Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Girab, Barmer dist., Desert
National Park; Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Thar
Desert at Osian and Lake Kailana, Pataudi
House, Paota and Kuchaman road, Jodhpur; in
and around Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary,
Sirohi district.

Habitat
It breeds in weedy ponds and lakes.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Pantala Hagen, 1861
(Subfamily: Trameinae Tillyard, 1917)

India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh
(Bastar dist.), Delhi, Gujarat (Ahwa, Baruch,
Jamnagar and Mehsana, Pipri, Surat and Valsad
dists.), Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Jharkhand (Dhanbad), Karnataka,
Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Sanjay
Gandhi National Park), Meghalaya, Odisha,
Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), Tamil Nadu (south-
east), Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun, Nainital, Pauri
and Pithoragarh dists. and Rajaji National Park),
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Kolkata).

28. Pantala fl avescens (Fabricius, 1798)

English Names
Globe Skimmer, Globe Wanderer, Wandering Glider.

Description
Medium-sized dragonfl y with rusty thorax and
yellow abdomen.
Male: Face bright golden-yellow or orange,
eyes reddish-brown/bluish-grey, thorax olivaceous
or rusty and is coated thickly with fi ne yellowish
hair, pale green or bluish-green on sides, wings
transparent and base of hindwing amber-yellow,
pterostigma reddish-brown, abdomen reddish-
brown and tinted with brick red above with black
spots above last few segments, legs black.
Abdomen 29.0-35.0, hindwing 38.0-40.0 mm

Habitat
It occurs in a variety of habitats, especially tem-
porary pools, also found deep into arid areas. It
is an obligatory seasonal migrant that follows
the rain-fronts of the Intertropical Convergence
Zone. It can complete its life cycle in two
months, from a newly laid egg to an emerging
adult.