Odonate Fauna of Rajasthan, India with Links to Arabia and Himalaya - Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation - page 141

48. Ceriagrion coromandelianum
(Fabricius, 1798)

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Pseudagrion Selys, 1976
(Subfamily: Pseudagrioninae Tillyard, 1917)

English Name
Coromandel Marsh Dart.

49. Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur, 1842)

Description
Medium-sized pale green damselfly with
bright yellow (in male) and pale green tail (in
female).
Male: Abdomen 28.0-30.0, hindwing
18.0-20.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian,
2009 ), abdn. 30.0-31.0, fwing. 20.0-21.5,
hwing. 19.5-20.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ),
abdn. 29.5, fwing. 20.5, hwing. 20.0 mm
(Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 29.0-32.0, hindwing
20.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ),
abdn. 29.0-30.0, fwing. 21.0-22.5, hwing. 20.0-
21.5 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 28.0, fwing.
21.0, hwing. 20.5 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

English Name
Elegant Sprite.

Description
Light blue all through with legs blackish and
wings darkish.
Male: Abdomen 28.0-30.0, hindwing 18.0-
20.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ), abdn. 28.0-28.5, fwing.
19.5-20.5, hwing. 19.0-19.5 mm (Prasad 1996a ,
b ), abdn. 28.5-29.0, fwing. 20.0, hwing. 19.0-
19.5 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 31.0, hindwing 20.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ), abdn. 28.5, fwing. 20.0-20.5, hwing.
19.5-20.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 28.0-29.0,
fwing. 20.0-21.0, hwing. 20.0 mm (Prasad 2004b ).

Distribution

Distribution

Rajasthan
Pichola Lake, Udaipur; Thar Desert at Osian,
Jodhpur; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur;
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirohi district.

Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur.

India
Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi, Gujarat
(Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Kheda and Surat dists.),
Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur and Una dists. and
Renuka Wetland, Sirmour dist.), Karnataka,
Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (Nagpur
dist. and Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Odisha,
Punjab (Hoshiarpur dist.), Tamil Nadu
(Ootacamund, Nilgiris at 2,209.8 m/7,250 ft,
Coorg at 1,219.2 m/4,000 ft), Uttarakhand
(Dehra Dun and Nainital dists. and Rajaji
National Park), Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

India
Throughout. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Delhi,
Goa, Gujarat (Jamnagar and Kheda dists.),
Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur, Kangra, Hamirpur,
Shimla and Una dists. and Renuka Wetland,
Sirmour dist.), Jharkhand (Dhanbad), Kerala,
Maharashtra (Chandrapur dist., Khandala, Pune
dist., Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Tadoba
Tiger Reserve), Meghalaya, Punjab (Hoshiarpur
dist.), Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand
(Chamoli, Dehra Dun, Nainital and Uttarkashi
dists. and Rajaji National Park), Uttar Pradesh
and West Bengal (mangrove forests).

Habitat
Its larvae are common in slow-fl owing marshy
streams and reservoirs.

Habitat
Ponds, ditches, ricefi elds and other open standing
waters.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.