Esme mudiensis

Esme mudiensis[2][1] is damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It is commonly known as the Travancore bambootail.[3] It is endemic to Western Ghats in India, south of Palakkad Gap.[1][4]

Esme mudiensis
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Family:
Platycnemididae
Genus:
Esme
Species:
E. mudiensis
Binomial name
Esme mudiensis
Fraser, 1931

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized damselfly with black-capped blue eyes. Its thorax is velvet-black on dorsum and azure blue on sides. The dorsum is marked with narrow ante-humeral blue stripes. There is another moderately broad black stripe over the postero-lateral suture. The base of the sides are pale blue. Wings are transparent with black and diamond shaped pterostigma. Abdomen is black, marked with azure blue on segment 1 and 2. Segments 3 to 6 have very narrow baso-dorsal annules. Segments 8 to 10 are blue. There is a narrow black basal annule on segment 8. The ventral borders of all segments are broadly black. Anal appendages are black. Female is similar to the male; but more robustly build.[5]

It can be easily distinguished from other species of Esme by the labrum being entirely unmarked with metallic blue-black.[5]

It is usually found along hill streams, and seen perched on riparian vegetation.[5][6][7][3][8]

See also

References
  1. Kakkasery, F. (2011). "Esme mudiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T175170A7116857.
  2. Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  3. "Esme mudiensis Fraser, 1931". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. 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. 116–117. ISBN 9788181714954.
  5. C FC Lt. Fraser (1933). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. I. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 264-266.
  6. C FC Lt. Fraser (1931). Additions to the Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India, with Descriptions of Nine New Species (PDF). pp. 472–473.
  7. Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.
  8. "Esme mudiensis Fraser, 1931". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-03-12.

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