Elattoneura souteri

Elattoneura souteri^[2][1] is a damselfly species in the family Platycnemididae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.^[1][3]

Elattoneura souteri
Male
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Platycnemididae
Genus:	Elattoneura
Species:	E. souteri
Binomial name
Elattoneura souteri (Fraser, 1924)
Synonyms
Disparoneura souteri Fraser, 1924

Description and habitat

It is a medium sized damselfly with reddish-brown eyes, pale greenish beneath. Its thorax is velvet-black, marked with a broad cherry-red humeral stripe. There is another lateral stripe of citron-yellow in the first lateral suture and cherry-red in anterior follows it. The hinder half of the metepimeron is yellow. Its abdomen is black with red and yellow marks.^[4]

It is found on the banks of submontane streams in Western Ghats, hiding in shaded areas beneath overhanging bamboo, cane or bushes.^[4][5][6]

See also

• List of odonates of India
• List of odonata of Kerala