Elattoneura souteri[1][2] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.[2][3]
Description and habitat
It is a medium sized damselfly with reddish-brown eyes, pale greenish beneath. Its thorax is velvet-black, marked with a broad cherry-red humeral stripe. There is another lateral stripe of citron-yellow in the first lateral suture and cherry-red in anterior follows it. The hinder half of the metepimeron is yellow. Its abdomen is black with red and yellow marks.[4]
It is found on the banks of submontane streams in Western Ghats, hiding in shaded areas beneath overhanging bamboo, cane or bushes.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ Template:World Odonata List
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Taylor and Francis(1933)
- ↑ 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{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Zoological Survey of India. Volumes (Records)(1924)
- ↑ Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide{{#if:Subramanian|, Subramanian}(2005)