Brachydiplax sobrina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Brachydiplax |
| Species: | B. sobrina
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| Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
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Brachydiplax sobrina[2] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.[1][3]
Description and habitat[edit]
It is a small dragonfly with dark-brown eyes. Its thorax is yellowish-brown, with black metallic markings. All marks are obscured by bluish-white pruinescence in adults. Abdomen is black on dorsum, marked with broad yellow spots on the sides in sub-adults and tenerals. All the marks are obscured by blue pruinescence in adults. Female is similar to the teneral male.[4]
It breeds in marshes, ditches, and ponds.[5][4][6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dow, R.A. (2009). "Brachydiplax sobrina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T163643A5628807. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163643A5628807.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama. Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
- ^ 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. 308–309. ISBN 9788181714954.
- ^ 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. 325–327.
- ^ "Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species (PDF). p. 434.
- ^ "Brachydiplax sobrina Rambur, 1842". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
External links[edit]
Data related to Aethriamanta brevipennis at Wikispecies
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