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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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| image = Agriocnemis splendidissima by kadavoor.JPG
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Agriocnemis splendidissima female by Kadavoor.jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn | author =Subramanian, K.A.  | title = ''Agriocnemis splendidissima'' | volume= 2018| page =  e.T167316A127508550| year = 2018}}</ref>
| taxon = Agriocnemis splendidissima
| authority = Laidlaw, 1919  
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'''''Agriocnemis splendidissima''''',<ref name=Laidlaw>{{cite journal|author=F. F. Laidlaw|title=A list of the dragonflies recorded from the Indian Empire with special reference to the collection of the Indian Museum. Part 2. |journal=Records of the Indian Museum|year=1919|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/016/02/0169-0195.pdf|volume= 16 |issue= 2| pages =  169–195|doi=10.5962/bhl.part.25920 }}</ref><ref name=adw>{{cite web
|url=http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Agriocnemis/classification/#Agriocnemis|title=Agriocnemis|publisher= University of Michigan|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> the '''splendid dartlet''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]]. It is distributed throughout [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and may be present in [[Bangladesh]] as well.<ref name=iucn/><ref name=atlas>{{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=144–145}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a small damselfly with black capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum and blue on lateral sides, turns into pruinose white in adults. Its abdomen is very slender and marked with black and pruinose blue. In sub-adults and juvenile males, these blue parts are in ground-red colors. Its anal appendages are long, narrow, and curved downward when seen from the sides. They are in ground color in young, and turn into blue when gets age. Female is similar in markings; but more robust and greenish yellow or reddish as in young males.<ref name=Laidlaw/><ref name=Fraser/> 
  
The species breeds in marshes and ponds, and is usually found in [[riparian zone]]s of streams and among emergent vegetation in shallow streams.<ref name=Fraser>{{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/n405 392]-394|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG>{{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=490–491|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name=ias>{{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}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/275494|title=Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/355/Agriocnemis-splendidissima|title=Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Coenagrionidae]]
[[Category:Insects of India]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1919]]


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