Biology:Elattoneura souteri

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Elattoneura souteri
Elattoneura souteri male (31829953236).jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Elattoneura
Species:
E. souteri
Binomial name
Elattoneura souteri
(Fraser, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Disparoneura souteri Fraser, 1924

Elattoneura souteri[2][1] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India .[1][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

  • List of odonates of India
  • List of odonata of Kerala

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2697586 entry