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Distribution 16.0-20.0, hwing. 10.0-20.0 mm (Subramanian,

2009 ).
Female: Abdomen 18.0-20.0, hindwing 14.0-
15.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ),
abdn. 19.0-19.5, fwing. 15.5-16.5, hwing. 14.5-
16.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 21.0-23.0,
fwing. 16.5-19.0, hwing. 10.0-11.0 mm (Prasad
2004b ).

Rajasthan
Thar Desert.

India
Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Gujarat (Ahmedabad and Mehsana dists.),
Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Orissa, Puducherry (Mahe), Punjab
(Hoshiarpur dist.), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
(Dehra Dun and Nainital dist. and Rajaji National
Park), Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Distribution

Rajasthan
Girab, Barmer dist., Desert National Park;
Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Thar Desert at Osian and
Lake Kailana, Jodhpur; Keoladeo National Park,
Bharatpur; Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary and
Nikki lake in Mt. Abu, Sirohi district; Gape
Sagar, Dungarpur.

Elsewhere
Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Habitat
Found throughout the year in wetlands. Breeds in
stagnant water bodies covered with aquatic plants
or weedy tanks.

India
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar), Delhi, Gujarat
(Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Kheda, Mehsana
and Surendranagar, Valsad dists.), Haryana
(Hissar dist.), Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur,
Kangra, Hamirpur, Solan and Una dists. and
Renuka Wetland, Sirmour dist. as Ischnura
delicata ), Jharkhand (Dhanbad), Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Sanjay Gandhi
National Park), Manipur, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab (as I. Delicate from
Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar
and Kapurthala dists.), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu
(Ootacamund, Nilgiris, 2,286 m/7,500 ft),
Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun, Nainital, Pithoragarh
and Tehri dists. and Rajaji National Park),
Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Darjeeling,
Jalpaiguri).

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Lest Concern.

Remarks
It is often placed in the genus Enallagma
Charpentier, 1840
Genus: Ischnura Charpentier, 1840
(Subfamily: Ischnurinae Fraser, 1957)

43. Ischnura aurora aurora (Brauer, 1865)

English Name
Aurora Blue-Tail, Gossamer Damselfl y,

Wandering Blue-Tail.

Description
Small apple-green damselfl y with black thoracic
stripes and blue-tipped yellow tail.
Male: Abdomen 16.0-20.0, hindwing 10.0-
12.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ), abdn. 19.0-20.0, fwing.
11.0-11.5, hwing. 10.0-11.0 (Prasad 1996a , b ),
abdn. 20.0, fwing. 13.5, hwing. 13.0 mm (Prasad
2004a ), abdn. 16.0-17.0, fwing. 11.0-12.0,
hwing. 10.0-12.0 mm (Prasad 2004b )

Habitat
It breeds in a variety of habitats, from marshes
and tidal mangrove swamps, to ponds and lakes
and wet ricefi elds. It occurs from the lowlands to
high altitudes.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

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