DRAGONFLY FAUNA OF SRI LANKA: distribution and biology, with threat status of its endemics

• Main Author: Ali Šalamun (auth)
• Other Authors: Karen Conniff (auth), Nancy van der Poorten (auth), Matjaž Bedjanič (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
• Subjects: Zoology & animal sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Dragonflies are strikingly beautiful insects and small colourful pearls of Sri Lanka's remarkable biodiversity. At present, 124 species are known from the island, of which almost half are endemic. Such an extraordinary level of endemism makes Sri Lankan dragonflies an exceptionally interesting...