Lestes praemorsa andamanensis, subsp., 1924

F. C. Fraser, 1924, Report on a collection of dragonflies (Odonata) from the Andaman Islands., Records of the Indian Museum 26, pp. 409-413 : 410-411

6. Lestes praemorsa andamanensis, subsp. nov.

(Plate XXIV, fig. 9.)

A single female taken over a jungle stream flowing from reservoir, at base of Mt. Harriet , over rocky bed, Andamans, Sta. 2, I, 29. XI. 23 ,

This new sub-species is of the same size as praemorsa praemorsa and differs only by not having segment 10 marked with blue, and by the securiform metallic markings on dorsum of thorax more pronounced and somewhat different in shape, the middle lobe having a serrated hinder margin (fig. 9).