Esme longistyla is damselfly in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Protoneuridae

Protoneuridae

Protoneuridae is a family of damselflies. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails. They are called threadtails because their abdomen are pin-thin. Threadtails are usually small size damselflies and their wings are usually transparent...

. Its commonly known as the Nilgiri bambootail. The Nilgiri bambootail is large damselfly in size with about abdomen 42-44mm and hindwings about 28-29mm. Its blue with black thoracic stripes. The male has blue and black eyes. Above the thorax is narrow blue stripes. There is azure blue on the sides of the thorax with diagonal black stripe. The under side of the thorax is greenish yellow or blue. The legs of the males are black. The abdomen is long and slender. The first and 8–10 segments on the abdomen are azure blue. The second segment of the damselfly is black with board irregular azure blue stripes on sides of abdomen. The segments from 3–7 are black with azure blue rings at the end of each segment. The female is very similar to what the male looks like.

Habitat

Esme longistyla is found along shaded forest streams. Its prefers to perch on overhanging vegetation. It also breeds in forest streams.