Arajush Payra

• Biodiversity Journal, 8 (1): 027-032

  Arajush Payra, Gaurab Nandi Das, Aratrik Pal, Debarun Patra & Ashish D Tiple
  New locality records of a rare Dragonfly Gynacantha khasiaca Maclachlan, 1896 (Odonata Aeshnidae) from India

  ABSTRACT
  Gynacantha khasiaca Maclachlan, 1896 (Odonata Aeshnidae) is a beautiful dragonfly, distributed mainly in South-eastern Asia. During Odonata survey in different parts of North-Eastern and Eastern India from 2014 to 2016, some specimens of this species were observed and photographed from 6 localities. Present record of this species from Purba Medinipur, West Bengal represents its Southernmost distribution in India.

  Download PDF