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A Checklist of Odonate Diversity of Bankura Town, West Bengal, India
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Present investigation was carried out to prepare a checklist of Odonate (Dragonfly and Damsefly) as a part of biodiversity profiling from the different parts of Bankura town, West Bengal, India. During the study, an opportunistic survey in the study area was carried out and 18 species of Odonate were recorded. Of them, 8 species belongs to Dragonfly variety and 10 species belongs to Damsefly variety. Among the Dragonflies, 1 species i.e. Paragomphus lineatus belongs to family Gomphidae and rest of the species belongs to family Libellulidae. Among the Damseflies, two families were recorded. Majority of the damselfly species (8 species) belongs to the family Coenagrionidae and other two species belongs to the family Platycnemididae.
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Checklist, Damsefly, Dragonfly, Habitat, Odonate.
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