Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)

Sharma, Manoj, Oli, Buddhi Ram & Gautam, Ishan, 2024, Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta, Odonata) from the western region of Nepal with new records of four species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (3), pp. 535-546 : 541-542

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865) (Fig. 27)

Material Examined. 1♂, Karnali province, Surkhet district, Bulbule lake (28°34'56.14"N, 81°37'10.38"E, 646 m a.s.l.), 3-viii-2022 ; 2♂♂, Karnali province, Surkhet district, Hurke (28°40'05.66"N, 81°30'49.54"E, 783 m a.s.l.), 6-viii-2022. Coll. M. Sharma.

Figures 14–27. Zygoptera : 14. Aristocypha spuria , wings; 15. Aristocypha spuria , general habitus, male; 16. Aristocypha spuria , thorax; 17. Copera marginipes , male; 18. Copera marginipes , female; 19. Copera marginipes , teneral male; 20. Copera vittata , copulating; 21. Prodasineura autumnalis ; 22. Pseudocopera ciliata , male; 23. Pseudocopera ciliata , immature female; 24. Pseudocopera ciliata , female; 25. Aciagrion occidentale , female; 26. Agriocnemis clauseni ; 27. Ceriagrion cerinorubellum .

Field diagnosis (♂). Thorax green above, fading blue on the sides and yellow below. Abdomen bright red at the basal end of segments 1–2 and segments 8–10, segments 3–7 blue grey with a black band on the dorsum.

Distribution. Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka ( Kalkman et al., 2020; Current study).