Odonata > Anisoptera > Libelluloidea > Libellulidae > Orthetrum
Orthetrum spp Newman, 1833 – Marsh Hawks
Taxonomic Notes:
Currently, 15 species of Orthetrum occur in India (Kalkman et al. 2020). This page contains images of Orthetrum species that have not yet been identified up to species level.
Currently, 15 species of Orthetrum occur in India (Kalkman et al. 2020). This page contains images of Orthetrum species that have not yet been identified up to species level.
Orthetrum spp – Marsh Hawks
Early Stages:
Indian Distribution (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult odonate observations that have been databased on this site:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| All states | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
References:
Kalkman VJ, Babu R, Bedjanič M, Conniff K, Gyeltshen T, Khan MK, Subramanian KA, Zia A, Orr A. (2020). Checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 4849(1): 1–75.
doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4849.1.1
Odonata > Anisoptera > Libelluloidea > Libellulidae > Orthetrum
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2023. Orthetrum spp Newman, 1833 – Marsh Hawks. In Joshi, S., P. Dawn, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). Odonata of India, v. 1.57. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/845/Orthetrum-spp
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