This is one of three Sri Lankan endemics that we encountered on our 2019 trip. I saw it only briefly at our final stop that was iseful for odonata beside the river at Athgira River Camp.
Unfortunately I managed only three similarly poor photographs before I lost sight of it. The one here is the least poor of them.
Id Notes
– black with pale light marks on thorax
– forewings tinged brown
– hindwings black with metallic blue/green base on upper surface
– more extensive light markings on thorax
– wings tinged brown – no metallic sheen
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