Elattoneura souteri | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Platycnemididae |
Genus: | Elattoneura |
Species: | E. souteri
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Binomial name | |
Elattoneura souteri (
Fraser, 1924)
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Elattoneura souteri [2] [1] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. [1] [3]
It is a medium sized damselfly with reddish-brown eyes, pale greenish beneath. Its thorax is velvet-black, marked with a broad cherry-red humeral stripe. There is another lateral stripe of citron-yellow in the first lateral suture and cherry-red in anterior follows it. The hinder half of the metepimeron is yellow. Its abdomen is black with red and yellow marks. [4]
It is found on the banks of submontane streams in Western Ghats, hiding in shaded areas beneath overhanging bamboo, cane or bushes. [4] [5] [6]
Data related to
Elattoneura souteri at Wikispecies
Elattoneura souteri | |
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![]() | |
Male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Platycnemididae |
Genus: | Elattoneura |
Species: | E. souteri
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Binomial name | |
Elattoneura souteri (
Fraser, 1924)
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Synonyms | |
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Elattoneura souteri [2] [1] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India. [1] [3]
It is a medium sized damselfly with reddish-brown eyes, pale greenish beneath. Its thorax is velvet-black, marked with a broad cherry-red humeral stripe. There is another lateral stripe of citron-yellow in the first lateral suture and cherry-red in anterior follows it. The hinder half of the metepimeron is yellow. Its abdomen is black with red and yellow marks. [4]
It is found on the banks of submontane streams in Western Ghats, hiding in shaded areas beneath overhanging bamboo, cane or bushes. [4] [5] [6]
Data related to
Elattoneura souteri at Wikispecies