Subspecies in India
Taxonomic Information
Other Common Name(s): Asian Groundling
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, West Bengal, Delhi NCR, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Himachal Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| Kerala | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 6 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 4 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 7 |
Sharma, G. 2010. Brachythemis contaminata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T167368A6335347. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167368A6335347.en. Downloaded on 14 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Brachythemis contaminata Fabricius, 1793 – Ditch Jewel. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/brachythemis-contaminata, accessed 2026/04/24.