page_title: Lathrecista asiatica
section_title: Description and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Lathrecista asiatica / Description and habitat
caption_attribution_description: മലയാളം: ചോരവാലൻ തുമ്പി. കാഞ്ഞിരപ്പള്ളിയിൽ നിന്നെടുത്ത ചിത്രം. English: Asiatic blood tail male (Lathrecista asiatica). Photographed near Kanjirappally, Kerala, India.
context_page_description: Lathrecista asiatica, the asiatic blood tail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is the only species in its genus. It is widespread, occurring from India to Australia.
context_section_description: It is a medium-sized dragonfly with brown-capped grey eyes and blood red tail. Its thorax is copper brown with a pair of narrow parallel yellow stripes on dorsal side and yellow with stripes on the sides. Segments 1 and 2 of the abdomen have broad lateral stripes and a fine mid-dorsal stripe. Segments 3 to 8 are bright crimson-red with apical sutures narrowly black. Segments 9 and 10 are black. Anal appendages are black. The abdomen of the female is brown.
  It breeds in marshes associated with ponds and streams.
caption: In Kanjirappally, Kerala.
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