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{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
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| name =
| image = Pseudagrion indicum-Kadavoor-2015-08-21-001.jpg
| image_caption= male
| image2 = Pseudagrion indicum by kadavoor.JPG
| image2_caption= mating pair
| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Dow, R.A. |date=2020 |title=''Pseudagrion indicum'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T163676A138282477 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T163676A138282477.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Pseudagrion indicum
| authority = Fraser, 1924
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Pseudagrion indicum''''',<ref name=wol>{{World Odonata List}}</ref><ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> '''yellow-striped blue dart'''<ref name=ibp/> or '''yellow-striped dart''',<ref name=ifb/> is a species of [[damselflies|damselfly]] in the family [[Coenagrionidae]]. It is found only in [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name="iucn status 18 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=169–170}}</ref>

==Description and habitat==
It is a medium sized damselfly with black-capped greenish eyes. Its thorax is black on dorsum with black humeral stripes; the area between them is pale green. The lateral sides are azure blue. Abdominal segments 1 and 2 are azure blue with black marks on the dorsum. Mark on segment 2 looks like a [[Chalice|chalice]] or [[Thistle|thistle-head]]. Segments 3 to 7 are black on dorsum and pale green on the sides. Segments 8 and 9 are azure blue with black apical annules. Segment 10 is black.<ref name=Fraser/>

Female has yellowish green thorax and green eyes capped with yellowish green. Color of the abdomen is similar to the male; but paler. Segments 8 and 9 are also black with fine apical blue rings. Segment 10 is blue.<ref name=Fraser/>

It breeds in small streams and associated marshes in sub-montane and [[Montane ecosystems|montane]] areas of the [[Western Ghats]].<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/n316 303]-304|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=495–496|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/228177|title=Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=2017-03-06}}</ref><ref name=ifb>{{cite web
|url=http://www.indianodonata.org/sp/392/Pseudagrion-indicum|title=Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924|publisher=Odonata of India, v. 1.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies|access-date=2017-03-06}}</ref>

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

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Coenagrionidae]]
[[Category:Insects described in 1924]]

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