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{{short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Agriocnemis pieris-Kadavoor-2016-11-26-001.jpg
| image_caption = male
| image2 = Agriocnemis pieris-Kadavoor-2016-07-31-002.jpg
| image2_caption = female
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn | author =Sharma, G. | title = ''Agriocnemis pieris'' | volume= 2010| page = e.T167325A6328920| year = 2010}}</ref>
| taxon = Agriocnemis pieris
| authority = Laidlaw, 1919
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Agriocnemis pieris''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> '''white dartlet''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a species of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]]. It is found in [[India]] and is likely to extend into [[Bangladesh]].<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=140–141}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a slender, small damselfly but very conspicuous with its bluish white color with dorsal black spots. Its eyes are pale blue with a black cap, thorax is black on dorsum and pale blue on the sides. Its abdomen is pale blue, deepening on the last four segments. They are marked with black on dorsum up to segment 8. ''[[Agriocnemis lacteola]]'' lacks these dorsal black marks on segments 4 to 10 of the abdomen. Female is similar to the male; but more robust and the blue is more dark. Its abdomen is marked with black up to segment 9. There is a narrow longitudinal lateral stripe of blue on segment 8.<ref name=Fraser/> The females of this species exhibit [[sexual mimicry]]. One group mimics the males’ colour (androchromes). Other groups will have their own female colouration (gynochromes).<ref name=ifb/>

It breeds in marshes and wet grasslands.<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/n397 384]-385|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|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/226521|title=Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-26}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/353/Agriocnemis-pieris|title=Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-26}}</ref>

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File:Agriocnemis pieris female red form at kadavoor.jpg|Female (gynochrome)
File:Agriocnemis pieris by kadavoor.JPG|Mating pair (female gynochrome)
File:Agriocnemis pieris mating in Kadavoor.jpg|Mating pair (female androchrome)
</gallery>

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

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

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