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| image = Disparoneura apicalis (4).jpg<br />
| image_caption = male<br />
| image2 = Disparonura apicalis-female.jpg<br />
| image2_caption = female<br />
| status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Kakkasery, F.| title = ''Disparoneura apicalis'' | volume= 2011| page = e.T175203A7121674| year = 2011}}</ref><br />
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia<br />
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a<br />
| classis = [[Insect]]a<br />
| ordo = [[Odonata]]<br />
| familia = [[Platycnemididae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Disparoneura]]''<br />
| species = '''''D. apicalis'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Disparoneura apicalis''<br />
| binomial_authority = ([[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]], 1924)<br />
| synonyms = <br />
*''Chloroneura apicalis'' {{small|Fraser, 1924}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Disparoneura apicalis''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name=iucn/> '''black-tipped bambootail'''<ref name=ifb/> is a [[damselfly]] species in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Platycnemididae]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Western Ghats]]. It was described from [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]], [[Karnataka]], on the upper reaches of the [[Kaveri|Kaveri River]]. It is also found to occur in [[Kuruvadweep]], [[Wayanad]], [[Kerala]], along the banks of [[Kabini River]].<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=103–104}}</ref><br />
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==Description and habitat==<br />
[[File:Disparoneura apicalis - male VG.jpg|thumb|left|''Disparoneura apicalis'', male in [[Kuruvadweep]]]]<br />
It is a medium sized damselfly with reddish-brown eyes, yellowish-green beneath. Its thorax is metallic greenish-black on dorsum. There is a narrow ante-humeral brick-red stripe which get obscured by [[pruinescence]] in adults. There is also a brownish-white stripe on the sides between the lateral sutures which is also obscured by pruinescence in adults. Base of the lateral sides are well pruinosed in adults. Wings are transparent with the apices of the wings, deep blackish-brown. The [[pterostigma]] is dark reddish-brown. Abdomen is bronze-brown, dark on dorsum, with small, white basal rings on segments 2 to 8. Anal appendages are black. The broad black apices to the wings will help to distinguish it from all other species in the same genus.<ref name=Fraser/><br />
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The eyes of the female are yellowish-white with a polar cap and an equatorial belt of reddish-brown. Its thorax is black on dorsum and yellowish-white on the sides, marked with black and brown. Wings are transparent. Its abdomen is yellowish-white, broadly marked with black on dorsum.<ref name=Fraser/> <br />
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It is found in small colonies along the banks of the river, well shaded by overhanging trees. Females are found hiding in [[Riparian zone|riparian zones]].<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/n261 248]-250|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 with Special Remarks on the Genera Macromia and Idionyx and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|publisher=Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records)|year=1924|pages=501–503|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/227022|title=Disparoneura apicalis Fraser, 1924|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/315/Disparoneura-apicalis|title=Disparoneura apicalis Fraser, 1924|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of odonates of India]]<br />
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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