''Aciagrion hisopa'', is a species of
damselfly in the family
Coenagrionidae. It is abundant in many
South Asia
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
is still in doubt.
Fraser considered the specimen found in
Western Ghats as ''Aciargion hisopa'' race ''krishna''.
A recent study revealed that the subspecies ''krishna'' found in
Western Ghats is not conspecific with ''A. hisopa'' and found to be very close to ''
A. approximans'' found in
Northeast India
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; but differing at the level of subspecies.
Sources
* http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aciagrion_hisopa/classification/
* http://thaiodonata.blogspot.com/2011/07/138-aciagrion-hisopa-selys-1876.html
* http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/animals/dragonflies.php
* http://srilankanodonata.blogspot.com/
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* http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226423
Insects of India
Insects described in 1921
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