Subspecies in India
Other Common Name(s): Saffron-faced Blue Dart
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 Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Eastern Himalaya & NE India, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Western Ghats, Western Himalaya 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 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 6 | |
| Manipur | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 7 |
Pal, M. 2011. Pseudagrion rubriceps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T167385A6339532. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T167385A6339532.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876 – Saffron-faced Blue Sprite. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/pseudagrion-rubriceps, accessed 2026/01/20.