SENEGAL GOLDEN DARTLET

Description:

Size: Male: Abdomen: 21-23mm, Hindwing:13-15mm. Female:Abdomen: 20-24mm, Hindwing: 14-16mm Description: A small pale green damselfly with black and yellow thoracic stripes. Abdomen is yellow and has basal and terminal blue spots. Male: Eyes: Upper side black; underside pale green to yellow . Two bright blue spots present behind the eyes. Thorax: Bronze backed with pale green sides and yellow underside. Narrow stripe on sides is pale green to bright yellow bordered by a broad black band. Legs: Black, with yellow or pale green outer surface. The legs are covered with short black spines. Wings: Transparent. Wing spot: Diamond shaped and black in forewing and dull white in the hindwing. Abdomen: The first segment is pale green and the second is azure blue with steel blue black on upper side. The segments 3-7 are bright yellow with black upper side. The eighth and ninth segments are azure blue with black upper side. The last segment has black upper side and yellow on sides. Female: Less brightly coloured than the male. The eyes and spots behind the head are paler. The thorax has pale green stripe and brown band instead of yellow stripe and black band of male. The legs and abdomen are pale brown with black stripes. The abdomen lacks blue markings found in males.

Habitat:

Very common in marshes, ponds and wet grasslands. Breeding: Breeds in marshes and ponds. Flight season: Not known. Distribution: Ethiopian and Oriental region. In the Western Ghats it is reported up to an altitude of 2300m ASL.