Caliphaea sinuofurcata Sawant, Joshi & Kunte, 2025 - Bearded Bronzeback

Conservation and Special status

This species has not been assessed so far for the IUCN Red List categories.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This common species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh state within the Indian limits. It occurs at middle elevations (approx. 1,000-1,500 m) along small streams and ponds in forest openings.

 

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh421
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total421

Sawant, D., S. Joshi, U. Pawar, V. Nawge, K. Kunte. 2025. Caliphaea sinuofurcata sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaZootaxa, 5637:139–154.

Page citation

Kunte, K. 2025. Caliphaea sinuofurcata Sawant, Joshi & Kunte, 2025 – Bearded Bronzeback. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/caliphaea-sinuofurcata, accessed 2025/10/29.