Coromandel Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion coromandelianum · Order: Odonata · Family: Coenagrionidae

Also called: Yellow Waxtail

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Coromandel Marsh Dart
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The Coromandel Marsh Dart is a medium-sized damselfly with an olive-green thorax on top and yellowish-green sides, and a yellow abdomen.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Thorax: olive green on top, yellowish green on the sides. Abdomen: yellow. Anal appendages: citron-yellow or ochreous; upper pair sub-quadrate with rounded corners, lower pair strongly sloped upward, broad at base then tapering to an acute point.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium-sized damselfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Found in South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Females are more robust, duller, with a greener thorax and a golden-yellow to brown abdomen.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Coenagrionidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceriagrion_coromandelianum

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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