Gynacanthaeschna sikkima

Gynacanthaeschna sikkima (Karsch, 1891) (Fig. 5) Material Examined. 1♂, Karnali province, Achham district, Ramaroshan Lake (29°13'45.80"N, 81°27'58.86”E, 2404 m a.s.l.), 6-x-2022. Coll. M. Sharma. Field diagnosis (♂). Thorax dark reddish-brown, marked with grass-green narrow antehumeral stripes. First abdominal segment with a large quadrate green spot laterally, segment 2 with a broad interrupted yellow stripe each side. Segments 3–8 with small baso-lateral spots, small paired jugal spots and apical dorsal lunules. Segment 9 with its apical border very narrowly green and a small baso-lateral spot; segment 10 with a large yellow spot on each side. Cerci narrow at base, dark reddish-brown then markedly dilated, about twice the length of segment 10; epiproct two-thirds the length of cerci, narrowly triangular, curled gently upwards at apex. Distribution. Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan (Zhang, 2017; Kalkman et al., 2020; Current study).