A year-long study was conducted in the dry deciduous ecoregion of Purulia, West Bengal, India from March 2018 to February 2019 document diversity, species composition, and occurrence odonata different seasons. Direct search opportunistic sighting methods were used combination at five selected sites, namely, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University campus, Saheb Bandh, Surulia Deer Park (Mini Zoo), Ketika,...

Bright iridescent colours are widespread in several aquatic and terrestrial animal taxa usually involved intraspecific communication and/or predator avoidance. Camouflage by iridescence may be one strategy to avoid predators when the exhibits bright that match brightness of its surroundings. Hence, structural colouration have a “brightness matching” or “counter-brightness” function observed aga...

This study determined the first complete mitochondrial genome of a damselfly, Euphaea formosa (Insecta: Odonata: Zygoptera), and reconstructed a phylogeny based on thirteen protein-coding genes of mitochondrial genomes in twenty-five representative hexapods to examine the relationships among the basal Pterygota. The damselfly's mitochondrial genome is a circular molecule of 15,700bp long, and c...