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
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.