Amphiallagma parvum

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Little blue
male
female

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Family:
Coenagrionidae
Genus:
Amphiallagma
Species:
A. parvum
Binomial name
Amphiallagma parvum
(Selys, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Enallagma parvum Selys, 1876

Amphiallagma parvum,

damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species can be found in many South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Nepal, and probably in Bangladesh.[1][5]

Description and habitat

It is a small damselfly with sky-blue eyes slightly capped with black. Its thorax is black on dorsum with two very broad antehumeral azure blue stripes bordered with black. The lateral sides are pale blue. Abdomen is pale blue marked with black on dorsum up to segment 7. Segments 8 to 10 are blue; segment 10 has a narrow mid-dorsal stripe. Female is similar to the male; but ground color of thorax and eyes are replaced with greenish yellow. Dorsal mark on abdominal segments is extended to all. Lateral sides of the abdomen is pale blue. Androchrome females also exists with colors similar to the males.[6]

It is commonly found among vegetation along the banks of ponds, lakes, and marshes where it breeds.[6][7]

See also

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonates of Sri Lanka
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167258A6318791.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Amphiallagma parvum (Selys, 1876)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved Oct 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Amphiallagma parvum – Azure Dartlet". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved Oct 14, 2018.
  5. ISBN 9788181714954
    .
  6. ^ a b 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. pp. 376–378.
  7. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 491.

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