Indothemis limbata

The restless demon,[2] (Indothemis limbata) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.[3] It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.[4][2] Two subspecies can be found.[5]

Restless demon
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Libellulidae
Genus:
Indothemis
Species:
I. limbata
Binomial name
Indothemis limbata
(Selys, 1891)

Subspecies
  • Indothemis limbata limbata (Selys, 1891)
  • Indothemis limbata sita Campion, 1923

Description and habitat

It is a small black dragonfly with yellow markings. Its eyes and thorax are black. Abdomen is also black, marked with yellow spots, obscured with bluish pruinescence in full adults. Bases of wings are dark. Apices of the wings are narrowly black; but transparent in I. l. sita. Anal appendages are dark.[6]

Female has brown eyes and yellow thorax, marked with black. The bases of wings are in amber-yellow. Abdomen is black, marked with yellow spots up to segment 8. Anal appendages are dark.[6]

It breeds in weeded ponds and lakes.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Dow, R.A. 2011. Indothemis limbata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T167291A6324492. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T167291A6324492.en. Downloaded on 17 June 2020.
  2. "Indothemis limbata Selys, 1891 – Restless Demon". Odonata of India, v. 1.48. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  3. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  4. "Indothemis limbata (Selys, 1891)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  5. Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 341-343.
  7. C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 436.

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