Pseudagrion decorum
{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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| name = Elegant sprite
| image = Pseudagrion decorum-Thekkady-2016-12-02-001.jpg
| image_caption= male
| image2 = Pseudagrion decorum female by Manoj V Nair.jpg
| image2_caption= female
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Pseudagrion decorum
| authority = (Rambur, 1842)
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Pseudagrion decorum,{{World Odonata List}} elegant sprite or three striped blue dart, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in many tropical Asian countries.{{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=169–170}}
Description and habitat
It is a medium-sized damselfly with bluish green eyes with a tiny black spot on the top, paler below. Its thorax is bluish green on dorsum, and azure blue on the lower sides. There is a very thin and black mid-dorsal carina, bordered with equally
narrow black lines, running close and parallel to it on each side. There is a narrow black humeral stripe and a short black point at the upper part of postero-lateral suture. Winqs are transparent with diamond-shaped pterostigma. Abdomen is azure blue with dorsal black mark up to segment 7. Segments
8 to 10 have only narrow apical black lines. Superior anal appendages are azure blue with black tips. Female has dull colored thorax and abdomen, mid-dorsal black stripe extended to the last segment.
It breeds in slow flowing marshy streams and lakes in the lowland. Commonly seen along shoreline or on emergent vegetation; seen from hilly areas only during the migration.{{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=286–289|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n299}}{{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=497|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/234357|title=Pseudagrion decorum Rambur, 1842|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-04}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/390/Pseudagrion-decorum|title=Pseudagrion decorum Rambur, 1842|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-04}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pseudagrion_decorum/classification/ Animal Diversity Web]
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2807079 NCBI]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150221143718/http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/globalResults.php?Species=398 Query Results]
External links
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{{Commons category-inline|Pseudagrion decorum}}
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Category:Insects described in 1842
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