Indothemis carnatica

Black marsh skimmer
	Male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Indothemis
Species:	I. carnatica
Binomial name
	Indothemis carnatica; (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
	Libellula carnatica Fabricius, 1798; Libellula caesia Rambur, 1842;

The black marsh skimmer,^[2] or light-tipped demon,^[3] (Indothemis carnatica)^[4] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in many India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.^[1]^[5]^[2]^[3]^[6]

It is a small dark violaceous or blackish-brown dragonfly with yellow markings obscurely showing through. Young males and females are yellowish. Its anal appendages are pale yellow tipped with black. It breeds in weeded ponds and lakes.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Indothemis carnatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T163674A5633968. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b "Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
^ ^a ^b "Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
^ Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01
^ 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. 330–331. ISBN 9788181714954.
^ 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. 340–341.
^ 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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[iucn-1] "Indothemis carnatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T163674A5633968. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[ibp-2] "Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-13.

[ifb-3] "Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798". Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-14.

[wol-4] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.

[5] Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van , 2008-08-01

[atlas-6] 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. 330–331. ISBN 9788181714954.

[Fraser-7] 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. 340–341.

[Fraser-WG-8] 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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