Taxonomic Information
This species was earlier reported from the Western Ghats as Lyriothemis acigastra - Dwarf Bombardier. However, the Western Ghats populations were recently described as a new species, Lyriothemis keralensis - Slender Bombardier. The formatted images of L. keralensis still appear on this website under the name of L. acigastra, which will be corrected in due course as the website is updated.
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Data DeficientPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has so far been recorded from Kerala,and Assam 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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| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
- Dow, R.A. 2009. Lyriothemis acigastra. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163701A5638198. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163701A5638198.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Lyriothemis keralensis Chandran, Sawant, Mathews & Kunte, 2026 – Slender Bombardier. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/lyriothemis-keralensis, accessed 2026/06/09.