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Species of dragonfly
Orthetrum taeniolatum
[2] is an
Asian
freshwater
dragonfly species. The
common name for this species is small skimmer .
[3]
[4] Its range of distribution spreads from eastern
Europe to
China , and the species itself is locally common throughout the range.
[1]
[5]
[6]
[3]
[4]
Description and habitat
It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown capped eyes, greenish brown thorax and bluish abdomen. Female lacks the powder blue
pruinescence . It prefers medium to slow-flowing streams in the dry zones and hot plains. Adults are common around open rocky and sandy beds of the streams.
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See also
References
^
a
b Mitra, A. (2013).
"Orthetrum taeniolatum " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 : e.T165506A17533964.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T165506A17533964.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021 .
^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023).
"World Odonata List" . OdonataCentral,
University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 Mar 2023 .
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a
b
"Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845" . India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-15 .
^
a
b
"Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845" . Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-15 .
^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India . Zoological Survey of India. pp. 359–360.
ISBN
9788181714954 .
^
"Checklist, English common names" . DragonflyPix.com. Archived from
the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010 .
^
C FC Lt. Fraser (1936).
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III . Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp.
296 –298.
^
C FC Lt. Fraser (1924).
A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF) . p. 433.
External links
Data related to
Orthetrum taeniolatum at Wikispecies
Media related to
Orthetrum taeniolatum at Wikimedia Commons