Esme cyaneovittata

Esme cyaneovittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Esme
Species: E. cyaneovittata
Binomial name
Esme cyaneovittata
Fraser, 1922

Esme cyaneovittata[2][1] is damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India, south of Palakkad Gap.[1]

It is found along hill streams, commonly found in colonies like those of Caconeura gomphoides. Segments 3 to 7 of abdomen are black with very narrow complete baso-dorsal annules; segments 8 to 10 blue, the apical border of 10 narrowly and the ventral borders of all segments broadly black. It can be distinguished from Esme mudiensis from its labrum marked with blue. From Esme longistyla, it can be distinguished by its black legs unmarked with blue, by its stout inferior anal appendages, and by the broken blue lateral stripe on the prothorax.[3][4][5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Esme cyaneovittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T175170A7116857. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ↑ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. ↑ C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis.
  4. ↑ Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  5. ↑ "Esme cyaneovittata Fraser, 1922". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.

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