{{short description|Species of dragonfly}} {{Speciesbox | name = Sapphire flutterer | image = Rhyothemis triangularis-5822.jpg | image_caption = Male | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |author2=Sharma, G. |date=2010 |title=''Rhyothemis triangularis'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T169123A6570098 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T169123A6570098.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Rhyothemis triangularis | authority = Kirby, 1889 | synonyms = * ''Rhyothemis bipartita'' <small>Tillyard, 1906 </small> * ''Rhyothemis lankana '' <small> Kirby, 1894 </small> }}
'''''Rhyothemis triangularis'''''<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> ('''sapphire flutterer''', '''lesser blue wing''')<ref name=ibp/> is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in eastern and southern Asia.<ref>''Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World''. Tol J. van, 2008-08-01</ref><ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-8171-495-4|pages=372–373}}</ref>
==Description and habitat== It is a small blue colored dragonfly with bases of all wings have dark metallic blue patches. This species breeds in well vegetated ponds and similar habitats.<ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n438 427]-428|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=443–434|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web |url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228275|title=Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/626/Rhyothemis-triangularis|title=Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref> From karyotyping it is known to have 13 chromosomes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kiauta |first1=B. |last2=Kiauta |first2=M. |date=1982-01-01 |title=The chromosome numbers of eleven dragonfly species from Singapore |url=https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/593289 |journal=Notulae Odonatologicae |language=en |volume=1 |issue=10 |pages=164–165 |issn=0166-6584}}</ref>
=== See also === * List of odonates of Sri Lanka * List of odonates of India * List of odonata of Kerala
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.dragonflypix.com/speciespages_en/rhyothemis triangularis.html World Dragonflies]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rhyothemis_triangularis/classification/ Animal diversity web] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150221133751/http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/globalResults.php?Species=1443 Query Results] * [http://biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com/p/dragonfly-order-odonata-diversity-of_1479.html Sri Lanka Biodiversity]
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Category:Libellulidae Category:Insects described in 1889
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