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| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
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| taxon = Gynacantha bayadera<br />
| authority = [[Edmond de Sélys Longchamps|Selys]], 1891 <br />
| synonyms = *''Gynacantha lyttoni'' {{small|Fraser, 1926}}<br />
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'''''Gynacantha bayadera''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> '''parakeet darner'''<ref name=ibp/> or '''small duskhawker''',<ref name=sgo/> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Aeshnidae]]. It is found from [[India]] to [[South China]] and northern [[New Guinea]]. This is a [[crepuscular]] species which probably breeds in forested swamps and marshy areas, or in forest pools.<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=195–196}}</ref><ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn | author = Mitra, A. |title = ''Gynacantha bayadera'' | volume = 2010 | page = e.T167060A6305630| date = 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Description and habitat==<br />
This is a slender dragonfly with abdomen constricted at the 3rd segment and colored a uniform parakeet green, sometimes turning olivaceous. Its thorax is green and abdomen is pale brown to reddish brown above with segments 1–3 grass green on the sides.<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. III|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1936|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3/page/n114 103]–106|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web | url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227299 | title=Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891}}</ref> It can be distinguished from other ''[[Gynacantha]]'' species as it has unmarked frons whereas ''[[Gynacantha dravida]]'', ''[[Gynacantha basiguttata]]'' and ''[[Gynacantha subinterrupta]]'' have a "T-mark".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://odonatavietnam.blogspot.in/2016/01/gynacantha-bayadera-yet-another.html | title=Dragonflies and damselflies of Vietnam: Gynacantha bayadera - yet another Gynacantha (species 9)| date=2016-01-08}}</ref><ref name=sgo>{{cite web | url=https://sgodonata.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/gynacantha-bayadera-selys-1891/ | title=Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891| date=2013-07-04}}</ref><br />
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[[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser]] described ''[[Gynacantha millardi]]'' which resembles ''G. bayadera'' in its size, shape and colors. But it can be differentiated by the absence of the usual constriction of segment three which is very prominent in ''G. bayadera''.<ref name="Fraser-JBNHS">{{cite journal |last1=Fraser |first1=F. C. |title=Some new Indian Dragonflies |journal=The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |date=1920 |volume=27 |page=147 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95740#page/163/mode/1up |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref> ''G. millardi'' is considered as a synonym of ''G. bayadera'' in some literature<ref name=atlas/> and as a good species in some others.<ref name=wol/><ref name="Priyadarshana">{{cite journal |last1=Priyadarshana |first1=Tharaka Sudesh |last2=van der Poorten |first2=Nancy |last3=Wijewardana |first3=G. V. I. H. |last4=Jayasooriya |first4=A. L. A. C.|title=First record of Gynacantha millardi (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Sri Lanka |journal=Taprobanica |date=2015 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=266–267 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283334555 |accessdate=9 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Dawn">{{cite journal |last1=Dawn |first1=P |last2=Chandra |first2=K |title=Description of the larva of Gynacantha millardi Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Chhattisgarh, India |journal=Zootaxa |date=2016 |volume=4132 |issue=2 |pages=290–294 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4132.2.12 |pmid=27395672 }}</ref><br />
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It is [[Crepuscular animal|crepuscular]] and flies low in shady places.<ref name=Fraser/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of odonates of India]]<br />
* [[List of odonates of Sri Lanka]]<br />
* [[List of odonata of Kerala]]<br />
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