Malabar torrent dart

Euphaea fraseri · Order: Odonata · Family: Euphaeidae

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Malabar torrent dart
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Its abdomen is bright red up to segment 7, after which the remaining part is black. It breeds in hill streams at lower elevations, and males are usually seen on low herbage along the banks or in the middle of the streams. The species is endemic to India's Western and Eastern Ghats, occurring in locations up to coastal Maharashtra.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Abdomen is bright red up to segment 7, then black to the tip.

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Where it lives

Breeds in hill streams at lower elevations. Males are usually found on low herbage along stream banks or in the middle of the streams.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Endemic to the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats of India, recorded up to coastal Maharashtra.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Wings are narrower than those of Euphaea cardinalis, and hind-wings are shorter than fore-wings. Legs are red like Euphaea cardinalis, but the first pair is dark.

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Same family (Euphaeidae)

Formosan DamselflyFormosan DamselflyEuphaea formosa

Sources

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

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