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Hylaeothemis indica

(Hylaeothemis indica)

Description

Hylaeothemis indica is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae, endemic to India. Fraser described Hylaeothemis indica from specimens from the Western Ghats of India. Previously this species has been treated as H. fruhstorferi; a species probably actually confined to Sri Lanka. Fraser had also described a subspecies Hyaleothemis fruhstorferi apicalis in 1924 which may be a synonym of this.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Odonata
Family:Libellulidae
Genus:Hylaeothemis
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