Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
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This common species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Dow, R.A. 2010. Orthetrum triangulare. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T167098A6301833. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T167098A6301833.en.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Orthetrum triangulare Selys, 1878 – Blue-Tailed Forest Hawk. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/orthetrum-triangulare, accessed 2026/03/22.