Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernEndemic 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.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 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
- 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.
- 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.


