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Golden Dartlet Damsel Fly(Male)

Ischnura aurora

Description:

A small apple green damselfly with black thoracic stripes and blue tipped yellow tail.

Habitat:

Found among vegetation along the banks of ponds, rivers, canals and estuaries; found away from water-bodies also. These are found in Asian and Australian regions. Also found in remote oceanic islands probably carried by air currents.


1 species ID suggestions

4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 6 months ago

I agree, this is probably not Ischnura aurora, since this one should have a full golden body, your's body is partly aellow and black.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 months ago

But Sumukha it is for me Senegal Golden Dartlet (Ischnura senegalensis)

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 12 months ago

Thanks for the link Ashish.. I think it is a Golden Dartlet(Male).. Pls confirm once by seeing the wiki link i have provided..:-)

Shimoga, Karnataka, India

Lat: 13.93, Long: 75.57

Spotted on Jul 10, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011

Reference

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