Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernEndemic Status: Endemic to India
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This common species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and the Western Ghats within the Indian limits. It is endemic to India.
Taxonomy in detail
Scientific Name: Dysphaea ethela
Authority: Fraser, 1924
Synonyms: None
Common Name(s): Black Torrent Dart
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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
- Dow, R.A. 2019. Dysphaea ethela. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T163734A122208779. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T163734A122208779.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2021.
- Subramanian, K.A., Emiliyamma, K.G., Babu, R., Radhakrishnan, C. & Talmale, S.S. (2018) Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 23-29.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2025. Dysphaea ethela Fraser, 1924 – Black Torrent Dart. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/dysphaea-ethela, accessed 2025/12/13.