Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924 -

Conservation and Special status

Picture     IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern

                 Endemic Status: Endemic to the Western Ghats

Photo Gallery and Species Biology


This species is endemic to the Western Ghats. This uncommon species has been recorded so far in Kerala within the Indian limits.

This is an uncommon species.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala1
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Kalkman, V.J., Babu, R., Bedjanic, M., Conniff, K., Gyeltshen, T., Khan, M.K., Subramanian, K.A., Zia, A. & Orr, A.G. (2020). Checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 4849 (1), 001-084. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4849.1.1
  2. Subramanian, K.A. 2011. Macromia ellisoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T175160A7115503. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T175160A7115503.en. Downloaded on 14 August 2021.
  3. Subramanian, K.A., Emiliyamma, K.G., Babu, R., Radhakrishnan, C. & Talmale, S.S. (2018) Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 23-29.

Page citation

Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924 – . In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/macromia-ellisoni, accessed 2026/06/10.