Taxonomic Information
Synonyms:
- Agrion sexlineatum Selys, 1883
- Cercion admirationis Navás, 1933
- Cercion sexlieatum (Selys, 1883)
- Coenagrion trilineatum Navás, 1933
- Paracercion malayanum (Selys, 1876) - Malayan Lilysquatter
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and the Western Ghats 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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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Dow, R.A. 2018. Paracercion malayanum (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T163753A127510886. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163753A127510886.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Paracercion melanotum (Selys, 1876) – Eastern Lillysquatter. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/paracercion-melanotum, accessed 2026/02/07.