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{{Taxobox
| name = Onychothemis testacea
| image = Onychothemis testacea-Kadavoor-2016-06-25-004.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Dow, R.A.| title = ''Onychothemis testacea'' | volume= 2009| page = e.T163664A5632305 | year = 2009|doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163664A5632305.en}}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Odonata]]
| familia = [[Libellulidae]]
| genus = ''[[Onychothemis]]''
| species = '''''O. testacea'''''
| binomial = ''Onychothemis testacea''
| binomial_authority = Laidlaw, 1902
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Onychothemis testacea''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref> '''Stellate river hawk''',<ref name=ibp/> '''riverhawker''',<ref name=ifb/> is a species of [[dragonfly]] in the family [[Libellulidae]]. It is widespread in many [[Asia]]n countries.<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=346-347}}</ref>

==Description==
It is a medium sized dragonfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is dark metallic-blue, marked with citron-yellow. There is a narrow mid-dorsal carina, a humeral spot and a narrow stripe on mesepimeron. Abdomen is black, marked with citron-yellow. Segment 1 has a triangular spot on mid-dorsum. Ssegment 2 has a small diamond-shaped spot on mid-dorsum. Segment 3 has its base
dorsally and sub-dorsally narrow yellow and a stellate spot on mid-dorsum. Segments 4 to 9 are similar to 3; but the lateral spots much smaller. Segment 10 is entirely black. Anal appendages are black. Female is similar to the male.<ref name=Fraser/>

==Habitat==
It breeds in streams in forest or at its margins. This is a very fast flying dragonfly of forested streams. Males usually perch on dry twigs and other similar vantage points over streams and aggressively chase other dragonflies entering their territory.<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/n415 404]-406|url=https://archive.org/details/FraserOdonata3}}</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|publisher=|year=1924|pages=442|url=http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/026/05/0423-0522.pdf}}</ref><ref name=ibp>{{cite web
|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227912|title=Onychothemis testacea Laidlaw, 1902|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|accessdate=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/605/Onychothemis-testacea|title=Onychothemis testacea Laidlaw, 1902|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|accessdate=2017-02-15}}</ref>

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

==References==
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->Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Species of dragonfly" (Shortdesc helper)