Family Libellulidae
Rhyothemis plutonia
Selys 1883
Elevation 80-800m
Abdomen 20-22mm
Location Chitwan
Widely distributed across Southeast Asia to India. It is a wetland species that emerges in large batches along with R. variegata, R. triangluaris, and Neurothemis tulia. They swirl around in the air above the water for some time before settling on the grasses next to the wetland. I was not able to find a female but they might have been in the large mass of flutterers above my head.
Male
Rhyothemis triangularis
Kirby 1889
Elevation 80 - 900m
Abdomen 16-20mm
A very uncommon resident of canals, ponds, and small lakes in the reed beds it tends to sit a bit further out on water plants away from the shore. When seen in their preferred habitat there are usually good numbers of both males and females. Males and females are very similar.
Male
Rhyothemis v. variegata
(Linnaeus 1763)
Elevation 80 - 1400m
Abdomen 23-25mm
Location Pokhara, Bardi, CNP
The slow fluttery flight resembles a butterfly and the gold and black pattern is easy to see. Unlike the males, the female, below, does not have color up to the wingtips. It is a very common wetland, swampy species that also lives near lakes and ponds. They appear in mass hatchings in June.
Male
Female
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