Lestes malabaricus explained

Lestes malabaricus^[1] is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. It is native to Sri Lanka, southern India and the Andaman Islands.^{[2] [3] [4]}

It looks very similar to Lestes elatus and can only be distinguished by the shape of the superior and inferior anal appendages, and by the absence of the ventro-lateral black spot on the thorax.^[3]

See also

• List of odonata of Kerala
• Malabar region
• — ecoregion.

External links

• Biodiversity India.org: Lestes malabaricus

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Odonata List. Slater Museum of Natural History. 2017-03-09.
2. Book: K.A. . Subramanian . K.G. . Emiliyamma . R. . Babu . C. . Radhakrishnan . S.S. . Talmale . Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India . 2018 . Zoological Survey of India . 9788181714954. 38–39.
3. Book: Frederic Charles Fraser

   . C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Taylor and Francis. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London. 1933. 40–43.

4. Fraser . F. C. . Indian dragonflies. Part XXXIV . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 1929 . 34 . 847–848 .