Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has bee recorded so far from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 15 | 17 |
Dow, R.A. 2009. Orthetrum glaucum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163780A5650496. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163780A5650496.en. Downloaded on 15 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Orthetrum glaucum Brauer, 1865 – Blue Marsh Hawk. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/orthetrum-glaucum, accessed 2026/03/10.