Lestes viridulus
{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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| image = Lestes viridulus male.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Lestes viridulus female.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Lestes
| species = viridulus
| authority = Rambur, 1842
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Lestes viridulus,{{World Odonata List}} the emerald-striped spreadwing, is a damselfly species in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is native to Bangladesh, India, 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=47–48}}
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized damselfly with brown-capped yellow eyes. Its thorax is khaki brown, paling to creamy white on the sides. The dorsum of the thorax has two very narrow metallic green stripes, running closely parallel to the mid-dorsal carina. Wings are transparent with pale brown pterostigma. Abdomen is yellowish brown on the sides with metallic-green dorsal stripes up to segment 8. Segment 9 has a dark dorsal mark on basal half. The remaining half of segment 9, segment 10 and the anal appendages are pale yellow. Female is similar to the male. It can be easily distinguished from all others species of this genus by its uniform pale brown color and the pair of dorsal thoracic metallic green stripes of uniform width.
It is commonly found among dry grass during the summer season enjoying camouflage in the plains.{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n58 45]-46|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|publisher=Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records)|year=1924|pages=487|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/256202|title=Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-08}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/#!/sp/219/Lestes-viridulus|title=Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-08}}
See also
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Category:Insects of Southeast Asia
Category:Insects described in 1842
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