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Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)

Coral-tailed Cloud Wing

Accepted
Tramea basilaris ( Red Marsh Trotter ) - Male
Tramea basilaris ( Red Marsh Trotter ) - Male
Tramea basilaris ( Red Marsh Trotter ) - Female
Tramea basilaris ( Red Marsh Trotter ) - Female
Tramea basilaris ( Red Marsh Trotter ) - Male
Tramea basilaris ( Red Marsh Trotter ) - Female
🗒 Synonyms
synonymTholymis bimaculata Desjardins, 1835
synonymTholymis paratillarga Singh & Prasad, 1980
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Coral-tailed Cloud Wing
Other
  • Coral-tailed Cloudwing
  • Coral-Tailed Cloud Wing
  • English: Coral-tailed Cloud Wing, Evening Skimmer, Foggy-winged Twister, Twister
Tamil
  • மேகச் சிறகன்
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary

Odonata group

Dragonflies
Dragonflies
Diagnostic Keys
No Data
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity

Flight season (Odonata) (MONTH)

January - January
Throughout the year.
Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
Attributions Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
Contributors 
K.A.Subramanian
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Peak: May & Aug-Sept Secondary: May-April & June-July & Oct
    Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
    Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Reproduction
      Breeds in marshes and ponds.
      Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
      Attributions Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Size
        Male: Abdomen: 28-33mm, Hind wing:33-37mm. Female: Abdomen: 27-31mm, Hind wing: 31-37mm.
        Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
        Attributions Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Male : Abdomen Length : 28-33 mm Wing Length: 33-37 mm Female : Abdomen Length : 27-31 mm Wing Length: 31-37 mm
          Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
          Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Morphology

            Male face color (Odonata)

            Male eye color (Odonata)

            Male thorax color (Odonata)

            Male wing color (Odonata)

            Male: Face rusty brown with a crimson flush.  Eyes: Brown capped with reddish olivaceous below.  Thorax: Reddish above, golden yellow or olivaceous on sides.  Legs: Rustybrown.  Wings: Transparent with a broad fan shaped golden brown patch on the hindwing. This is bordered by a milky white patch.  Wing spot: Reddish brown.  Abdomen: Bright rusty-red.  Female: Head and thorax olivaceous without any red tinge. Hindwing brown without the milky white border and the brown patch is very pale and obscure.  Abdomen: Olivaceous brown.
            Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
            Attributions Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Male: Wing spot : Reddish brown Eye : Reddish olive with brown cap Medium sized coral red dragonfly with tapering tail and diagnostic brown and bluish-white hindwing patch. Female: Wing spot : Similar to male Eye : Paler Similar, but duller coloured, with only a hint of brown on wings minus the bluish-white patch.
              Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
              Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Behaviour
                A crepuscular dragonfly, active at the time of sunset and flies at night. Frequently comes to light at night. This fast flying dragonfly is very difficult to follow. Commonly found in ponds, marshes and tanks.
                Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
                Attributions Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Crepuscular; in fading twilight, males fly about close to the water, extremely swift and erratic, their whitish wing-patch showing up even in the gathering gloom. Both sexes roosts during day, hanging to some twig amongst shady undergrowth, often in loose colonies and sometimes in the company of Brown Dusk Hawks and Parakeet Darners.
                  Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                  Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    No Data
                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat

                    Habitat

                    Terrestrial
                    Terrestrial
                    Freshwater
                    Freshwater

                    Breeding habitat (Odonata)

                    Marshes
                    Marshes
                    Ponds
                    Ponds
                    Habitat and Ecology: Pools and swamps in bush, woodland, forest. In Africa it seems to be a migratory species, entering desert areas. Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater List of Habitats: 1, 1.6, 5, 5.2, 5.6, 5.8
                    IUCN and ZOO 2011
                    Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      All kinds of standing waterbodies; prefers weedy ponds and lakes.
                      Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                      Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Description
                        Range Description: The species has a wide distribution in all parts of the world except Europe and the Americas: widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Indian Ocean Islands (Clausnitzer and Dijkstra in press). The species is known or expected to occur in every country south of the Sahara (K.-D. Dijkstra pers. comm. 2011) in Africa. In Asia the species extends throughout India, eastwards to southern China and Japan and southwards throughout southeast Asia to Australia, New Guinea and Micronesia (Lieftinck 1962) and Samoa (Fraser 1925). Countries: Native: American Samoa (American Samoa) Australia Bangladesh Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau Hong Kong India Indonesia (Bali, Irian Jaya, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera) Japan Kenya Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Liberia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak) Mali Mauritius Micronesia, Federated States of Mozambique Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)) Namibia Nepal Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Réunion Samoa Sao Tomé and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Taiwan, Province of China Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Uganda Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe Presence uncertain: Angola Burundi Congo Swaziland
                        IUCN and ZOO 2011
                        Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          Throughout the Ethiopian, Oriental and Australian regions and Pacific Islands.
                          Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
                          Attributions Bingham, C.T., The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Volume 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis(1903). E. H. Aitiken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol v (l890), p. 422.
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            Widespread in all districts. Throughout India; Oriental, Australian, Ethiopian regions & Oceanic islands.
                            Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                            Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              No Data
                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Demography and Conservation
                              Trends
                              Population: The species is very common across much of southeast Asia and locally very common in southern Africa; moreover it is under-recorded due to its crepuscular behaviour. Population Trend: Unknown
                              IUCN and ZOO 2011
                              Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                Conservation Status

                                IUCN Red List Category

                                Least Concern
                                Least Concern
                                Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2011 Assessor/s: Clausnitzer, V. Reviewer/s: Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Dow, R.A. & Allen, D. Justification: This is a widespread and disturbance tolerant species with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are needed for this species.
                                IUCN and ZOO 2011
                                Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
                                Licenses CC_BY
                                References 
                                  Common.
                                  Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                                  Attributions Manoj. V. Nair (2011) : Dragonflies & Damselflies of Orissa and Eastern India, Wildlife Organisation, Forest & Environment Department, Government of Orissa
                                  Contributors 
                                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                                  Licenses CC_BY
                                  References 
                                    Threats
                                    Major Threat(s): This widespread and disturbance-tolerant species is not under any major threats.
                                    IUCN and ZOO 2011
                                    Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                                    Contributors 
                                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                                    Licenses CC_BY
                                    References 
                                      No Data
                                      📚 Uses and Management
                                      No Data
                                      📚 Information Listing
                                      References
                                      1. Fraser, F.C. 1925. A preliminary report on the dragonflies (Order Odonata) of Samoa. Transactions Entomological Society London 1924(3/4): 429-438.
                                      2. Citation: Clausnitzer, V. 2011. Tholymis tillarga. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 December 2011.
                                      3. IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
                                      4. IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
                                      5. Fraser, F.C. 1925. A preliminary report on the dragonflies (Order Odonata) of Samoa. Transactions Entomological Society London 1924(3/4): 429-438.
                                      6. Citation: Clausnitzer, V. 2011. Tholymis tillarga. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 December 2011.
                                      1. ஜெகநாதன், ப & பானுமதி,ஆர். (2016). தட்டான்கள், ஊசித்தட்டான்கள்: அறிமுகக் கையேடு. க்ரியா. சென்னை. பக்கங்கள் 224. http://www.crea.in/publicationsdetails.php?id=66
                                      2. Jeganathan, P & Bhanumathi (2016). Thattangal, Usithattangal: arimuga kaiyedu. (A field guide on dragonflies & damselflies in Tamil). Cre-A. Chennai.Pp1-224 http://www.crea.in/publicationsdetails.php?id=66
                                      Information Listing > References
                                      1. Fraser, F.C. 1925. A preliminary report on the dragonflies (Order Odonata) of Samoa. Transactions Entomological Society London 1924(3/4): 429-438.
                                      2. Citation: Clausnitzer, V. 2011. Tholymis tillarga. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 December 2011.
                                      3. IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
                                      4. IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).
                                      5. Fraser, F.C. 1925. A preliminary report on the dragonflies (Order Odonata) of Samoa. Transactions Entomological Society London 1924(3/4): 429-438.
                                      6. Citation: Clausnitzer, V. 2011. Tholymis tillarga. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 December 2011.
                                      7. ஜெகநாதன், ப & பானுமதி,ஆர். (2016). தட்டான்கள், ஊசித்தட்டான்கள்: அறிமுகக் கையேடு. க்ரியா. சென்னை. பக்கங்கள் 224. http://www.crea.in/publicationsdetails.php?id=66
                                      8. Jeganathan, P & Bhanumathi (2016). Thattangal, Usithattangal: arimuga kaiyedu. (A field guide on dragonflies & damselflies in Tamil). Cre-A. Chennai.Pp1-224 http://www.crea.in/publicationsdetails.php?id=66

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                                      📚 Meta data
                                      No Data
                                      🐾 Taxonomy
                                      RootRoot
                                      KingdomAnimalia
                                      PhylumArthropoda
                                      ClassInsecta
                                      OrderOdonata
                                      taxon:hierarchy.superfamilyLibelluloidea
                                      FamilyLibellulidae
                                      GenusTholymis
                                      SpeciesTholymis tillarga (Fabricius 1798)
                                      📊 Temporal Distribution
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