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Habitat and Ecology
Commonly found in dry season and is to be
sought for among long grass. Aestivating adults
commonly found in thick forest from October
to April amidst dry vegetation. Nothing known
about its breeding habitat, presumably ponds
and similar habitats, including intermittent
ones.

Tiger Reserve and Wardha dist.), Meghalaya,
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun, Nainital
and Pauri dist.), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
(Jalpaiguri), Western Ghats and Western Himalaya.

Habitat
Found in ponds, puddles, canals and streams.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Lest Concern.

Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Family: Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917
(White-Legged Damselfl ies)
Genus: Copera Kirby, 1890
(Subfamily: Platycnemidinae Tillyard, 1917)

Remarks
The body measurements (abdomen and hind-
wings) have been found variable.
Genus: Disparoneura Selys, 1860
(Subfamily: Disparoneurinae Fraser, 1957)

52. Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

53. Disparoneura quadrimaculata (Rambur,

English Name
Yellow Bush Dart.

1842)

English Name
Black-Winged Bamboo-Tail.

Description
With a black band extending from eye to eye.
Male: Abdomen 28.0-31.0, hindwing 16.0-
18.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ),
abdn. 31.0, fwing. 19.0, hwing. 18.0 mm (Prasad
1996a , b ).
Female: Abdomen 29.0-30.0, hindwing 20.0 mm
(Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ), abdn. 26.5,
fwing. 17.5, hwing. 17.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ).

Description
Medium-sized brick-red damselfl y with black-
banded wings.
Male: Abdomen 32.0, hindwing 22.0 mm (Fraser
1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ), abdn. 31.0, fwing. 23.5,
hwing. 23.0 mm (Prasad 1996a , b ), abdn. 31.5,
fwing. 23.0, hwing. 22.5 mm (Prasad 2004b ).
Female: Abdomen 29.0-30.0, hindwing
22.0 mm (Fraser 1933 ; Subramanian, 2009 ).

Distribution

Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Lake Kailana, Jodhpur; Udai Sagar,
Udaipur.

Distribution

Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Gyan Sarovar and around Mount
Abu Wildlife Sanctuary and Nakki lake in Mt
Abu, Sirohi district.

India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (south Andaman
Islands), Assam (Margherita), Bihar, Chandigarh,
Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.), Deccan, Delhi, Goa,
Himachal Pradesh (Kangra and Sirmour dists. and
Renuka Wetland, Sirmour dist.,), Karnataka
(Kodagu/Coorg), Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
(Mhow), Maharashtra (Buldhana dist.,
Gondhonkher; Hingoli dist., Khandala and Lone,
Pune dist., Mahabaleshwar, Melghat Tiger
Reserve, Amravati dist., Mumbai, Sanjay Gandhi

India
Bihar, Central India, Chhattisgarh (Bastar dist.),
Deccan (western side), Delhi, Gujarat (Sasan Gir;
Gir Forest National Park; Amreli, Junagadh and
Valsad dists.), Himachal Pradesh as Rhinocypha
quadrimaculata quadrimaculata , Karnataka
(Kodagu/Coorg, Mysore), Madhya Pradesh (Kanha
National/Tiger Reserve, Mandla and Balaghat