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Tholymis tillarga,^[3] the coral-tailed cloudwing,^[4][5] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.^[6] It is found from tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.^{[1][7][8][9][10]} Common names include old world twister, evening skimmer, crepuscular darter, foggy-winged twister and twister.^[1][11]

Description and habitat[edit]

It is a medium sized dragonfly with reddish eyes, yellowish red thorax and coral red abdomen. Its wings are transparent; but hind wings have a golden-brown patch in the base, bordered by a cloudy-white patch. Female is brown and lacks the cloudy-white patch in the hind-wings.^[12][13]

It is a migrant with a permanent presence in humid parts of the tropics. It breeds in standing water-bodies; and prefers weedy ponds, swamps and lakes. They are active at dusk and dawn, as well as during cloudy days.^[12][4][5]

Gallery[edit]

• Male showing white patches in wings

• Male

• Male flying

• Young male with little colouring in his wings

• Young male viewed from under

• Young male

• Young female

• Young female

• Adult female

• Old female

• Females without white patches in wings

• Female wings

• Male wings

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcClausnitzer, V. (2016). 'Tholymis tillarga'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60048A83382535.
2. ^Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae (in Latin). Hafniae : Proft et Storch. pp. 573 [285]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.65803 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. ^Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. 'World Odonata List'. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
4. ^ ^ab'Tholymis tillarga Fabricius, 1798'. India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
5. ^ ^ab'Tholymis tillarga Fabricius, 1798'. Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
6. ^'Species Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)'. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. ^Wolfgang Schneider (1992). 'Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 (Aeshnidae) and Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) (Libellulidae) recorded from off Angola'(PDF). Fragmenta Entomologica. 23 (2): 243–246.
8. ^Theischinger, Gunther; Endersby, Ian (2009). Identification Guide to the Australian Odonata(PDF). Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW. p. 239. ISBN978 1 74232 475 3.
9. ^Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. p. 278. ISBN0643051368.
10. ^K.A., Subramanian; K.G., Emiliyamma; R., Babu; C., Radhakrishnan; S.S., Talmale (2018). Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India. Zoological Survey of India. pp. 381–382. ISBN9788181714954.
11. ^Theischinger, G; Hawking, J (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. p. 288. ISBN978 0 64309 073 6.
12. ^ ^abC FC Lt. Fraser (1936). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 411–413.
13. ^C FC Lt. Fraser (1924). A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species(PDF). pp. 443-442-443.

External links[edit]

Data related to Tholymis tillarga at Wikispecies

Media related to Tholymis tillarga at Wikimedia Commons

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