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Park, Pune and Sanjay Gandhi National Park),
Nilgiri plateau, Punjab (Gurdaspur dist.), Sikkim,
Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun and Pauri dists.),
Western Ghats and Western Himalaya.
Habitat
Found in streams, especially in hilly and mountainous areas. Breeds in marshes, sluggish brooks,
pools and very slow-running marshy streams where
larvae may be seen on muddy substratum. The eggs
are inserted into the submerged reeds by the female.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Threats
Potential localised threats could be excessive
development for tourism, urbanisation and possibly pollution.
3. Anax parthenope Selys, 1839
English Name
Lesser Emperor.
Description
Eyes green, a blue saddle at 2nd and 3rd segment,
a yellow rim at base of 2nd, abdomen and thorax
brown, prominent blue collar on greenish body
and holds abdomen almost straight.
Male: Green eyes and waisted abdomen.
Abdomen 47.0–49.0, anal appendage 5.0,
hindwing 46.0–50.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ).
Female: Abdomen 46.0–48.0, hindwing 48.0–
50.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; in and around Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi dist.; and Pichola Lake,
Udaipur.
India
Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu
(Coimbatore dist., Coorg at an altitude over
914.4 m/3,000 ft), Uttarakhand (Nainital dist.),
West Coast and Deccan.
Habitat
It occurs at standing, often large and sometimes
brackish water bodies, more rarely at slowly running waters.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Hemianax Selys, 1883
(Subfamily: Aeshninae Rambur, 1842)
4. Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
English Name
Vagrant Emperor.
Description
Eyes brown, blue saddle extending over top half
of abdomen; 61.0–66.0 mm in length.
Male: Abdomen 42.0, anal appendage 5.0,
hindwing 44.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ).
Female: Abdomen 40.0, hindwing 46.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Pali district.
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa,
Gujarat (Kathiawar coast), Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh (Kangra dist.), Jharkhand, Karaikal,
Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra (Mumbai, Pune),
Odisha, Puducherry (Mahe), Punjab, Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
(Afzalgarh, Dist. Bijnor) and West Bengal
(Darjeeling).
Habitat
It occurs at standing, often large and sometimes
brackish water bodies, more rarely at slowly running waters.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Family: Gomphidae
A. Husain
Park, Pune and Sanjay Gandhi National Park),
Nilgiri plateau, Punjab (Gurdaspur dist.), Sikkim,
Uttarakhand (Dehra Dun and Pauri dists.),
Western Ghats and Western Himalaya.
Habitat
Found in streams, especially in hilly and mountainous areas. Breeds in marshes, sluggish brooks,
pools and very slow-running marshy streams where
larvae may be seen on muddy substratum. The eggs
are inserted into the submerged reeds by the female.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Threats
Potential localised threats could be excessive
development for tourism, urbanisation and possibly pollution.
3. Anax parthenope Selys, 1839
English Name
Lesser Emperor.
Description
Eyes green, a blue saddle at 2nd and 3rd segment,
a yellow rim at base of 2nd, abdomen and thorax
brown, prominent blue collar on greenish body
and holds abdomen almost straight.
Male: Green eyes and waisted abdomen.
Abdomen 47.0–49.0, anal appendage 5.0,
hindwing 46.0–50.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ).
Female: Abdomen 46.0–48.0, hindwing 48.0–
50.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; in and around Mount Abu Wildlife
Sanctuary, Sirohi dist.; and Pichola Lake,
Udaipur.
India
Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu
(Coimbatore dist., Coorg at an altitude over
914.4 m/3,000 ft), Uttarakhand (Nainital dist.),
West Coast and Deccan.
Habitat
It occurs at standing, often large and sometimes
brackish water bodies, more rarely at slowly running waters.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Genus: Hemianax Selys, 1883
(Subfamily: Aeshninae Rambur, 1842)
4. Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
English Name
Vagrant Emperor.
Description
Eyes brown, blue saddle extending over top half
of abdomen; 61.0–66.0 mm in length.
Male: Abdomen 42.0, anal appendage 5.0,
hindwing 44.0 mm (Fraser 1936 ).
Female: Abdomen 40.0, hindwing 46.0 mm
(Fraser 1936 ).
Distribution
Rajasthan
Thar Desert; Pali district.
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Dadra
and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa,
Gujarat (Kathiawar coast), Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh (Kangra dist.), Jharkhand, Karaikal,
Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra (Mumbai, Pune),
Odisha, Puducherry (Mahe), Punjab, Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
(Afzalgarh, Dist. Bijnor) and West Bengal
(Darjeeling).
Habitat
It occurs at standing, often large and sometimes
brackish water bodies, more rarely at slowly running waters.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Family: Gomphidae
A. Husain