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Brachydiplax sobrina

{{Short description|Species of dragonfly}}

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| image = Little blue marsh hawk (Brachydiplax sobrina) young male Phuket 02.jpg

| image_caption = Young adult male

| image2 = Little blue marsh hawk (Brachydiplax sobrina) female.jpg

| image2_caption = Female

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2009 |title=Brachydiplax sobrina |volume=2009 |page=e.T163643A5628807 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163643A5628807.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Brachydiplax

| species = sobrina

| authority = (Rambur, 1842)

| synonyms = * Brachydiplax gestroi Selys, 1891

  • Brachydiplax indica Kirby, 1889

}}

Brachydiplax sobrina{{World Odonata List}} is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=308–309}}

Description and habitat

It is a small dragonfly with dark-brown eyes. Its thorax is yellowish-brown, with black metallic markings. All marks are obscured by bluish-white pruinescence in adults. Abdomen is black on dorsum, marked with broad yellow spots on the sides in sub-adults and tenerals. All the marks are obscured by blue pruinescence in adults. Female is similar to the teneral male.

It breeds in marshes, ditches, and ponds.{{cite web

|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/234386|title=Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-12}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=325–327|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n335}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=434|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/577/Brachydiplax-sobrina|title=Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-12}}

References

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External links

  • {{Wikispecies-inline|Aethriamanta brevipennis}}
  • {{Commons category-inline|Brachydiplax sobrina}}

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Category:Libellulidae

Category:Insects described in 1842

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