Coromandel Marsh Dart

Ceriagrion coromandelianum · Order: Odonata · Family: Coenagrionidae

Also called: Yellow Waxtail

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Coromandel Marsh Dart
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

The Coromandel Marsh Dart is a medium-sized damselfly with an olive-green thorax above, yellowish-green sides, and a yellow abdomen.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The thorax is olive green on top and yellowish green on the sides, while the abdomen is yellow.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a medium sized damselfly.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Females are more robust, duller, with a greener thorax and a golden-yellow to brown abdomen.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Coromandel Marsh Dart photo 2
Photo: Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY
Coromandel Marsh Dart photo 3
Photo: Vihansith Kulatunga, CC BY-SA
Coromandel Marsh Dart photo 4
Photo: Vihansith Kulatunga, CC BY-SA
Coromandel Marsh Dart photo 5
Photo: Dhrupad Das, CC BY-SA

Questions people ask

How can I identify a Coromandel Marsh Dart?

Look for a medium damselfly with olive-green upper thorax, yellowish-green sides, yellow abdomen, and citron-yellow anal appendages whose inferior parts end in black tips.

Source: Wikipedia

Where does this damselfly live?

It lives in weedy ponds, ditches and rice fields in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Coenagrionidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceriagrion_coromandelianum

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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