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{{Taxobox
| name =
| image = Mortonagrion varralli by Parag Rangnekar 4.jpg
| image_caption= male
| image2 = Mortonagrion varralli by Sunny Joseph 412.jpg
| image2_caption= female
| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Dow, R.A.| title = ''Mortonagrion varralli'' | volume= 2009| page = e.T163778A5650197| year = 2009| doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163778A5650197.en}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| subordo = [[Zygoptera]]
| familia = [[Coenagrionidae]]
| genus = ''[[Mortonagrion]]''
| species = '''''M. varralli'''''
| binomial = ''Mortonagrion varralli''
| binomial_authority = Fraser, 1920
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Mortonagrion varralli''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name=iucn/> the '''brown dartlet''',<ref name=ibp/><ref name=ifb/> is a [[species]] of [[damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]], [[endemic]] to [[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=165–166}}</ref> The insect is named after [[Frederic Charles Fraser]]'s wife, Ethel Grace Fraser ([[Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names|née]] Varrall) (1881-1960), a constant companion of his collecting trips in [[India]].<ref name="IDF2015">{{cite journal |last1=Hämäläinen |first1=Matti |title=Catalogue of individuals commemorated in the scientific names of extant dragonflies, including lists of all available eponymous species-group and genus-group names |journal=International Dragonfly Fund (IDF) - Report |date=2015 |volume=80 |pages=1–168 |url=http://www.dragonflyfund.org/images/reports/IDF_Report_80_Hamalainen_2015_small.pdf |issn = 1435-3393|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a small [[damselfly]] with ground-colour head and brown capped grey eyes. Its thorax is pale brown with a narrow antehumeral pale blue stripe, followed by pale blue at base. Abdomen is reddish-brown; 8th segment has a broader pale sky-blue basal annule which extends apically on each side. Female is similar to the male.<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=148 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95740#page/164/mode/1up |access-date=15 October 2018}}</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. I|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London|year=1933|pages=[https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1/page/n422 409]–411|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata1}}</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=490|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><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=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227770|title=Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/384/Mortonagrion-varralli|title=Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref>

The species is commonly found at sea-level or on the foothills of the [[Western Ghats]]. Similarly to species in the genus ''[[Copera]]'', it prefers the dense undergrowth.<ref name=Fraser/>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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[[Category:Coenagrionidae]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1920]]

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Mortonagrion varralli - Revision history

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