<i>Cratilla lineata</i> female
<p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cratilla_lineata" class="extiw" title="w:Cratilla lineata">Cratilla lineata</a></i>, Emerald-banded Skimmer, is a medium sized cream yellow dragonfly with brilliant metallic blue frons and blue pruinescence on body. Eyes are dark reddish brown above, which fades to pale blue below. Thorax is cream yellow with lateral iridescent stripes. Abdomen is black with broad mid-dorsal and sub-dorsal yellow stripe.
</p><p>Sunlit forest paths and canopy gaps are preferred locations for this species.
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Taken at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadavoor" class="extiw" title="w:Kadavoor">Kadavoor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" class="extiw" title="w:Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jkadavoor" title="User:Jkadavoor">Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India</a>
2010-05-30 14:29:29
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>