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The pied paddy skimmer (male)
Neurothemis tullia
10.4802, 76.2482
Field Notes
Description:
The pied paddy skimmer (male)
Habitat:
It 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
Notes:
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.[5][6][3][4]
It breeds in marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes and rice fields.[1] It perches very close to ground and its flight is very weak
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