Records of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Dipang Lake, with two new records to Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5236.12.8.15955-15961Keywords:
Anisoptera, diversity, Kaski District, Lekhnath, odonates, ZygopteraAbstract
Odonata fauna of Dipang Lake, Lekhnath, Kaski District was studied during April and May of 2019. Twenty-eight different species belonging to 20 genera and six families were recorded. Family Libellulidae was dominant representing 16 species. Among the recorded Odonata species, Aciagrion approximans (Selys, 1876) and Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865) are new records for Nepal.
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