Subspecies in India
Other Common Name(s): Blue Grass Dart, Blue Grass Dartlet, Blue River Damsel, Small-headed Sprite
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 Eastern Himalaya & NE India, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and the Western Ghats within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 11 | ||||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 2 |
Dow, R.A. & Wilson, K.D.P. 2017. Pseudagrion microcephalum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T167199A83376119. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T167199A83376119.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842 – Blue Sprite. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/pseudagrion-microcephalum, accessed 2026/02/05.