Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798 - Light-tipped Demon

Taxonomic Information

Common Name: Light-tipped demon

Conservation and Special status

Picture     IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

This common species has been so far recorded from Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal within the Indian limits.

This is a common species.

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1122
Kerala113
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1
Maharashtra25123251473
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total251323462185

Dow, R.A. 2019. Indothemis carnatica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T163674A123027708. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T163674A123027708.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2021.

Page citation

Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Indothemis carnatica Fabricius, 1798 – Light-tipped Demon. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/indothemis-carnatica, accessed 2026/06/09.