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'''''Ceriagrion rubiae'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name=col>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/3139c0aa53f91ff0000499aec70c5d3e|title=Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916|publisher= Naturalis Biodiversity Center|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> is a species of [[damselflies|damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]]. it is commonly known as '''orange marsh dart'''<ref name=ifb/> or '''orange wax tail'''.<ref name=ibp/> This species can be found in south and southeast [[Asia]].<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=157–158}}</ref><br />
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==Description and habitat==<br />
It is a medium sized damselfly with olivaceous eyes. Its thorax is bright orange, paler on the sides. Its abdomen is orange on dorsum, paler on the sides. Female is similar to the males; but more robust and more pale olivaceous colors.<ref name=Fraser/> <br />
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It breeds in marshes and weedy ponds.<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/n331 318]-319|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=492–493|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/266739|title=Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/365/Ceriagrion-rubiae|title=Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916|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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