Alwisi's shadowdamsel (''Ceylanosticta nancyae'') is a species of
damselfly in the family
Platystictidae. It is
endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, which was found recently from Samanala Nature Reserve,
Ratnapura.
Etymology
The species name ''nancyae'' was named as an honor for Nancy van der Poorten, who is a renowned Sri Lanka odonatologist, and mentor of the research team.
See also
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List of odonates of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are approximately 2 million known species of arthropods, and this number continues ...
References
Damselflies of Sri Lanka
Insects described in 2016
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