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	\| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn \|~~author1~~=Dow, R.A.\| title = ''Calocypha laidlawi'' \| volume= 2009\| page = e.T163604A5622415~~\| year = 2009~~\| doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163604A5622415.en }}</ref>		\| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn \|author=Dow, R.A. \|date=2009 \|title=''Calocypha laidlawi'' \|volume=2009 \|page=e.T163604A5622415 \|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163604A5622415.en \|access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
	\| regnum = [[Animal]]ia		\| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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	\| synonyms = ''Rhinocypha laidlawi'' {{small\|Fraser, 1924}}		\| synonyms = ''Rhinocypha laidlawi'' {{small\|Fraser, 1924}}
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	'''''Calocypha laidlawi''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> or '''myristica sapphire''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a rare [[species]] of [[damselfly]] belonging to the [[family (biology)\|family]] [[Chlorocyphidae]]. It is found only from [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]] in [[South India]].<ref name=iucn/><ref name=atlas>{{cite book \|last1=K.A. \|first1=Subramanian \|last2=K.G. \|first2=Emiliyamma \|last3=R. \|first3=Babu \|last4=C. \|first4=Radhakrishnan \|last5=S.S. \|first5=Talmale \|title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India \|date=2018 \|publisher=Zoological Survey of India \|isbn=9788181714954\|pages=74–75}}</ref>		'''''Calocypha laidlawi''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> or '''myristica sapphire''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a rare [[species]] of [[damselfly]] belonging to the [[family (biology)\|family]] [[Chlorocyphidae]]. It is found only from [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]] in [[South India]].<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name=atlas>{{cite book \|last1=K.A. \|first1=Subramanian \|last2=K.G. \|first2=Emiliyamma \|last3=R. \|first3=Babu \|last4=C. \|first4=Radhakrishnan \|last5=S.S. \|first5=Talmale \|title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India \|date=2018 \|publisher=Zoological Survey of India \|isbn=9788181714954\|pages=74–75}}</ref>

	==Description and habitat==		==Description and habitat==

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{{Taxobox
| name = Calocypha laidlawi
| image =Myristica Sapphire (Calocypha laidlawi) male.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 =Calocypha laidlawi female (cropped).jpg
| image2_caption = Female
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Dow, R.A.| title = ''Calocypha laidlawi'' | volume= 2009| page = e.T163604A5622415| year = 2009| doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163604A5622415.en }}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Chlorocyphidae]]
| genus = ''[[Calocypha]]''
| species = '''''C. laidlawi'''''
| binomial = ''Calocypha laidlawi''
| binomial_authority = (Fraser, 1924)
| synonyms = ''Rhinocypha laidlawi'' {{small|Fraser, 1924}}
}}
'''''Calocypha laidlawi''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> or '''myristica sapphire''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a rare [[species]] of [[damselfly]] belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Chlorocyphidae]]. It is found only from [[Karnataka]] and [[Kerala]] in [[South India]].<ref name=iucn/><ref name=atlas>{{cite book |last1=K.A. |first1=Subramanian |last2=K.G. |first2=Emiliyamma |last3=R. |first3=Babu |last4=C. |first4=Radhakrishnan |last5=S.S. |first5=Talmale |title=Atlas of Odonata (Insecta) of the Western Ghats, India |date=2018 |publisher=Zoological Survey of India |isbn=9788181714954|pages=74–75}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a small damselfly with big eyes and several [[vermilion]] spots on the head. Its thorax is dark with a narrow vermilion mark on dorsum and pale yellow marks on the lower part of lateral sides. The apical third of each wing is black with dark violet-metallic reflections. Its abdomen is black, marked with bright azure blue on segments 1 to 8.<ref name=Fraser/>

Female is black with yellow markings on the face, thorax and abdomen. Abdomen is black, marked with yellow mid-lateral stripes and dots in segments 2 to 7. Fore-wings are transparent. Apices of the hind-wings are broadly brown. Pterostigma are with inner half black and outer half white.<ref name=Fraser/>

It breeds in forest streams and rivers flowing through the [[myristica swamp]]s. It is commonly found perched on half-submerged
logs in mid-stream or resting on twigs overhanging the river.<ref name=ias>{{cite book|last=Subramanian|first=K. A.|title=Dragonflies and Damselflies of Peninsular India - A Field Guide|year=2005|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/Publications/Overview/Dragonflies}}</ref><ref name=Fraser>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata Vol. II|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1934|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2/page/n75 53]-55|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata2}}</ref><ref name=Fraser-WG>{{cite book|author=C FC Lt. Fraser|author-link=Frederic Charles Fraser|title=A Survey of the Odonate (Dragonfly) Fauna of Western India and Descriptions of Thirty New Species|year=1924|pages=482–483|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226771|title=Calocypha laidlawi Fraser, 1924|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-02-21}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/250/Calocypha-laidlawi|title=Calocypha laidlawi Fraser, 1924|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-02-21}}</ref> It is a shade-lover; found perched on partially submerged logs in mid-stream or resting on overhanging twigs in the river.<ref name=Fraser/>

==See also==
* [[List of odonates of India]]
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]

==References==
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==External links==
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