Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Zygoptera Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Odonata Family Coenagrionidae | |
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Similar Paracercion, Lestes elatus, Ceriagrion coromandelianum, Ceriagrion cerinorubellum, Pseudagrion decorum | ||
Paracercion malayanum, Malay lillysquatter, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is know to occur in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Java , Philippines and Thailand.
It breads in shallow lakes and ponds, where it keeps away from the edge and perches on floating vegetation. The species appears to have a wide and scattered distribution, and is common nowhere.
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