Rhodothemis rufa

Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842) (Fig. 8) Material Examined. 3♀♀, Karnali province, Surkhet district, Bulbule lake (28°34'56.17"N, 81°37'10.38"E, 646 m a.s.l.), 6-vi-2023. Coll. M. Sharma. Field diagnosis (♀). Thorax reddish-brown on the sides and more blackish-brown on the dorsum, with citron-yellow stripe markings extending to the first abdominal segment. Rusty brown with a mid-dorsal yellow stripe extending from the base of the head to the segment 4 of the abdomen. Distribution. Austria, Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Sri Lanka (Kalkman & Orr, 2014; Zhang, 2017; Kalkman et al., 2020; Current study).