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Odonata of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala State, Southern India

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PK Muneer¹,S Narendra Babu²,Chandran Vivek³^ORCID,Jose Subin K³

Affiliation:

1. Ferns Nature Conservation Society

2. Government of Kerala Department of Forests and Wildlife: Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department

3. Christ College

Abstract

Abstract A preliminary study of the odonate fauna of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, southern India was carried out from August 2020 to November 2020. Ponds, streams, and swamps in the sanctuary were sampled using Visual Encounter Surveys (VES). A total of 84 species (49 dragonflies and 35 damselflies) from 11 families were recorded, out of which 13 are endemic to the Western Ghats. Orthetrum pruinosum was found to be the most common species in the sanctuary. Indolestes pulcherrimus, an endemic species with no recent records, is being reported for the first time with photographs from the wild. The highest number of species was recorded in the ponds (56), followed by streams (46) and swamps (33). However, the number of endemic species was highest in the streams (8), followed by swamps (3) and ponds (2).

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