''Mortonagrion varralli'', the brown dartlet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae, endemic to India. The insect is named after

Frederic Charles Fraser ''For others uses see Frederick Fraser (disambiguation)'' Frederic Charles Fraser (15 February 1880, in Woolwich – 2 March 1963, in Linwood was an English entomologist who specialised in Odonata. Following army service in India as a surg ...

's wife, Ethel Grace Fraser (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Varrall) (1881-1960), a constant companion of his collecting trips in India.

Description and habitat

It is a small damselfly with ground-colour head and brown capped grey eyes. Its thorax is pale brown with a narrow antehumeral pale blue stripe, followed by pale blue at base. Abdomen is reddish-brown; 8th segment has a broader pale sky-blue basal annule which extends apically on each side. Female is similar to the male. The species is commonly found at sea-level or on the foothills of the Western Ghats. Similarly to species in the genus ''

Copera ''Copera'' is a genus of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. They are distributed in Asia, especially Southeast Asia.Yum, J. and Bae, Y. (2007)Description of the larva of ''Copera tokyoensis'' Asahina (Insecta: Odonata: Platycnemididae) fr ...

'', it prefers the dense undergrowth.

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Coenagrionidae Insects described in 1920 {{Coenagrionidae-stub

Description and habitat

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