{"id":345432,"date":"2025-08-30T16:31:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345432"},"modified":"2025-08-30T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:01:52","slug":"crocothemis-erythraea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crocothemis-erythraea\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocothemis Erythraea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Odonatologists have reconfirmed the elusive dragonfly Crocothemis erythraea in the high-elevation southern Western Ghats.<\/p>\n<h2>About Crocothemis Erythraea<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345439\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-6.jpg?resize=396%2C222&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-6.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-6.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-6.jpg?resize=1536%2C860&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-TH-6.jpg?w=1564&amp;ssl=1 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) is a <strong>species of dragonfly<\/strong> in the family <strong>Libellulidae<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>common names<\/strong> include <strong>broad scarlet, common scarlet-darter, and scarlet darter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> High-elevation <strong>Southern Western Ghats<\/strong>; also <strong>Himalayas<\/strong>, parts of <strong>Europe and Asia.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Migration:<\/strong> Likely reached southern India during <strong>Pleistocene cooling<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Species in India:<\/strong> The Indian genus has <strong>two<\/strong> species: <strong>C. <em>ervilia<\/em> and <em>C. erythraea<\/em>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Crocothemis servilia<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> It is widespread in <strong>Indian lowlands<\/strong> where it is frequently recorded.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> It <strong>resembles <em> erythraea<\/em><\/strong> which has been a source of past confusion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crocothemis erythrae:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Names:<\/strong> Broad scarlet \/ common scarlet-darter \/ scarlet darter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> Male bright scarlet with a broad, flattened abdomen; small amber patches at hindwing bases; red leading veins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Females<\/strong>\/immatures yellow-brown with a pale stripe on the thorax.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signifiance of discovery<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This discovery confirms two similar dragonflies share the Western Ghats.<\/li>\n<li>It fixes past misidentifications, directs surveys to cool highlands for <em> erythraea<\/em>, supports protecting those habitats, and shows how Ice Age climates helped the species reach southern India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Odonatologists have reconfirmed the elusive dragonfly Crocothemis erythraea in the high-elevation southern Western Ghats. About Crocothemis Erythraea The scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea) is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Its common names include broad scarlet, common scarlet-darter, and scarlet darter. 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