Orthetrum taeniolatum explained

Orthetrum taeniolatum is an Asian freshwater dragonfly species. The common name for this species is small skimmer. Its range of distribution spreads from eastern Europe to China, and the species itself is locally common throughout the range.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description and habitat

It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown capped eyes, greenish brown thorax and bluish abdomen. Female lacks the powder blue pruinescence. It prefers medium to slow-flowing streams in the dry zones and hot plains. Adults are common around open rocky and sandy beds of the streams.^{[5] [6]}

See also

• List of odonates of Sri Lanka
• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala

Notes and References

1. 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. 359–360.
2. Web site: Checklist, English common names. DragonflyPix.com. 5 August 2010. dead. https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html. 4 December 2012.
3. Web site: Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845. India Biodiversity Portal. 2017-02-15.
4. Web site: Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845. Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. 2017-02-15.
5. Book: C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Taylor and Francis. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London. 1936. 296–298.
6. Book: C FC Lt. Fraser. Frederic Charles Fraser. A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species. 1924. 433.