Taxonomic Information
Common Name: Scarlet Skimmer
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujrat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir UT, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 31 | 21 | 4 | |
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Total | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 52 | 41 | 43 | 34 | 12 |
Dow, R.A. 2017. Crocothemis servilia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T163607A80679957. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163607A80679957.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1770 – Scarlet Skimmer. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/crocothemis-servilia, accessed 2026/04/24.