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{{short description|Species of dragonfly}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Taxobox
| image = Epithemis mariae - Davidraju 2059.jpg
| image_caption = male
| image2 = Epithemis mariae-തീക്കറുപ്പൻ (1).jpg
| image2_caption = female
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Kakkasery, F.| title = ''Epithemis mariae'' | volume= 2011| page = e.T59864A83847795 | year = 2011| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175179A7117994.en }}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Libellulidae]]
| genus = ''[[Epithemis]]''
| species = '''''E. mariae'''''
| binomial = ''Epithemis mariae''
| binomial_authority = (Laidlaw, 1915)

| synonyms =Amphithemis mariae {{small|Laidlaw, 1915}}
}}
'''''Epithemis mariae'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Libellulidae]] known commonly as the '''rubytailed hawklet'''.<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> It is [[endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]], [[India]]. The species is found in small colonies closely associated with [[Bog|forested marshes]].<ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227089|title=Epithemis mariae Laidlaw, 1915|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|accessdate=2017-02-13}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/587/Epithemis-mariae|title=Epithemis mariae Laidlaw, 1915|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|accessdate=2017-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/098/01/0157-0167.pdf|title=Odonata (Insecta) of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India|publisher=Western ghats field Research Station, Zoological Survey of India,Calicut|author=K. G. Emiliamma, C. Radhakrishnan |accessdate=2017-02-13}}</ref><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=324–325}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a small dragonfly having black pro-thorax and thorax with a broad greenish yellow humeral stripe on either side. Segments 1-3 of the abdomen are brick-red, the remaining segments are black; segments 4-7 have a basal yellow ring. Female is golden yellow with black markings.<ref name=Fraser/>

This species occurs in small colonies in bogs at the foot of the hills where it breeds.<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. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n269 258]–259|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}</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=430|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Laidlaw">{{cite journal |last1=Laidlaw |first1=F. F. |title=Notes on Oriental Dragon-Flies in the Indian Museum |journal=Rec. Indian Mus. |date=1915 |volume=11 |pages=337–339 |url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/011/04/0337-0339.pdf |accessdate=10 October 2018}}</ref>

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

==References==
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{{Wikispecies}}
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[[Category:Libellulidae]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]

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