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| name = ''Ceriagrion olivaceum''<br />
| image = Ceriagrion olivaceum male.jpg<br />
| image_caption= male<br />
| image2 = Ceriagrion olivaceum female.jpg<br />
| image2_caption= female<br />
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Mitra, A. |date=2010 |title=''Ceriagrion olivaceum'' |volume=2010 |page=e.T167147A6308337 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167147A6308337.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Ceriagrion olivaceum<br />
| authority = Laidlaw, 1914<br />
|synonyms = ''Ceriagrion aurantiacum'' {{small|Fraser, 1924}}<ref name=Fraser-WG/><br />
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'''''Ceriagrion olivaceum'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[damselflies|damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]]. it is commonly known as '''rusty marsh dart'''.<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> This species can be found in south and southeast [[Asia]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><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=151–152}}</ref><br />
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==Subspecies==<br />
* ''Ceriagrion olivaceum olivaceum'' <small>Laidlaw, 1914</small><br />
* ''Ceriagrion olivaceum aurantiacum'' <small>Fraser, 1924</small><br />
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Fraser described ''C. aurantiacum'' from [[southern India]]<ref name=Fraser-WG/> but later concluded that it was a subspecies or race of ''C. olivaceum''.<ref name=Fraser/> Asahina in his revision of ''Asian Ceriagrion'' compared both the specimens and decided to retain the race, stating the subapical tooth of superior caudal appendages differently shaped.<ref name=Asahina> Asahina, S. (1967) A revision of the Asiatic species of the damselflies of the genus Ceriagrion (Odonata, Agrionidae) Japanese Journal Zoology 15 (3): 255-334, figs. 1-237.</ref> ''C. o. olivaceum'' is widespread in [[India]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. ''C. o. aurantiacum'' is only known from southwest India.<ref name=Odonata-South-Asia-2020>{{Cite journal|title=Checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka|journal=Zootaxa|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4849.1.1|last1=Kalkman|first1=V. J.|date=2020-09-08|volume=4849|pages=001–084|last2=Babu|first2=R.|last3=Bedjanič|first3=M.|last4=Conniff|first4=K.|last5=Gyeltshenf|first5=T.|last6=Khan|first6=M. K.|last7=Subramanian|first7=K. A.|last8=Zia|first8=A.|last9=Orr|first9=A. G.|issue=1|publisher=Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4849.1.1|pmid=33056748|isbn=978-1-77688-047-8|issn=1175-5334|hdl=10072/398768|hdl-access=free}}</ref><br />
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== Description and habitat ==<br />
It is a medium-sized damselfly with olivaceous brown capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is olive green, paler on the sides. Its abdomen is throughout olivaceous brown on dorsal half and paler on the ventral half. Its superior anal appendages are brown and triangular when seen from the dorsum. The apex broadly rounded. The inferiors are sloping strongly up to meet the superiors, broad at base and tapering to a point. Female is similar to the male.<ref name=Fraser/> <br />
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It breeds in slow running marshy streams, ponds, and swamps.<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/n337 324]–326|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=492|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<br />
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226825|title=Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/364/Ceriagrion-olivaceum|title=Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of odonates of India]]<br />
* [[List of odonates of Sri Lanka]]<br />
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]<br />
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