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Pied paddy skimmer
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Anisoptera
Family:
Libellulidae
Genus:
Neurothemis
Species:
N. tullia
Binomial name
Neurothemis tullia
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Libellula equestris Fabricius, 1781
  • Libellula lineata Fabricius, 1793

Neurothemis tullia,[2] the pied paddy skimmer,[3][4] is a species of dragonfly found in south and south-east Asia. It appears in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.[1][5]

Description and habitat

It is a black dragonfly with a pale yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Wings are hyaline for apical half and opaque steely blue-black for basal half which is bordered by a milky white patch towards the tip. Females differ remarkably from the males both in body-colouring and markings and in marking of the wings. Its body is greenish yellow with a bright yellow mid-dorsal carina of thorax. Base of wings are amber yellow followed by a blackish brown patch. Apices of all wings are broadly opaque blackish brown and the reaming halves are pale yellow.[6][7][8][3][4]

It breeds in marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes and rice fields. It perches very close to ground and its flight is very weak.[6][8]

  • Young male
    Young male
  • Male
    Male
  • male
    male
  • female
    female
  • Mating pair
    Mating pair

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dow, R.A. (2009). "Neurothemis tullia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163754A5646477.
  2. ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  3. ^ a b "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Neurothemis tullia Drury, 1773". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ^ 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. 344–345. ISBN 9788181714954.
  6. ^ a b 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. 360-362.
  7. ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 437.
  8. ^ a b Subramanian, K. A. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide.

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