Libellago indica

Libellago indica
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Chlorocyphidae
Genus: Libellago
Species:
L. indica
Binomial name
Libellago indica
(Fraser, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Micromerus lineatus indica Fraser, 1928
  • Libellago lineata indica Fraser, 1934

Libellago indica,[1] the southern heliodor,[2] is a species of damselfly in the family Chlorocyphidae. It is found only in South India. It breeds in hill streams and rivers.[3][4]

Fraser described this damselfly in 1928 as a subspecies of Libellago lineata.[5][6] Most authors have followed Fraser's original view for a long time, although Lieftinck considered L. indica as a good species (Lieftinck, 1940,p. 88; 1955, p. 68; 1971,p. 206). Recently De Fonseka 2000, Hämäläinen 2002[7] and World Odonata List[1] listed L. indica as a good species.

  1. ^ a b Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  2. ^ "Libellago indica Fraser, 1928 – Southern Heliodor". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  3. ^ K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 78–79. ISBN 9788181714954.
  4. ^ "Libellago indica (Fraser, 1928)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  5. ^ Fraser, F. C. (1928). "Indian dragonflies. Part XXXII". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 32: 686–687.
  6. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1934). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 63–65.
  7. ^ Hämäläinen, M. (2002). "cover Notes on the Libellago damselflies of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with description of a new species (Zygoptera: Chlorocyphidae)". Odonatologica. 31 (2002): 345–358.