Odonata Checklist for Chamah Highlands, Kelantan

Chamah Highlands is located in the state of Kelantan. I did a short Odonata survey at Chamah Highlands in 2011 during a scientific expedition. You may click here to read about the expedition.

Choong, C.Y. 2013. Odonata diversity of Chamah Highlands, Kelantan. In: Karim, S.A., Abu Bakar, F.A., Rani, R., Rahman, R.A., Ramli, R., Hamzah, Z. & Latiff, A. (eds.) Gunung Chamah, Kelantan: Pengurusan Hutan, Persekitran Fizikal, Kepelbagaian Biologi dan Pelancongan Ekologi. Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Kelantan, pp. 206-211.


Below is the Odonata checklist for Chamah Highlands (Kelantan):

ZYGOPTERA

Amphipterygidae
1. Devadatta argyoides (Selys, 1859)

Calopterygidae
2. Echo modesta Laidlaw, 1902

3. Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

4. Vestalis amethystina Lieftinck, 1965

5. Vestalis amoena Selys, 1853

Chlorocyphidae

6. Aristocypha fenestrella (Rambur, 1842)

7. Heliocypha biforata (Selys, 1859)

8. Heliocypha perforata limbata (Selys, 1879)

Euphaeidae
9. Dysphaea dimidiata Selys, 1853

10. Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859

Lestidae
11. Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924

Coenagrionidae
12. Argiocnemis sp.

13. Ceriagrion fallax pendleburyi Laidlaw, 1931

Platycnemididae
14. Calicnemia chaseni (Laidlaw, 1928)

15. Coeliccia albicauda (Förster, 1907)
16. Coeliccia didyma (Selys, 1863)

17. Coeliccia erici Laidlaw, 1917

18. Copera vittata (Selys, 1863)

19. Prodasineura humeralis (Selys, 1860)

Platystictidae

20. Drepanosticta pan Laidlaw, 1931

21. Drepanosticta sharpi (Laidlaw, 1907)

ANISOPTERA

Gomphidae
22. Nepogomphus walli (Fraser, 1924)

Aeshnidae
23. Amphiaeschna ampla basitincta Lieftinck, 1940

24. Indaeschna grubaueri (Förster, 1904)

25. Periaeschna laidlawi (Förster, 1908)

Corduliidae
26. Idionyx sp. (this species was later confirmed by Haruki Karube as Idionyx montana)

Libellulidae

27. Cratilla lineata (Brauer, 1878)

28. Cratilla metallica (Brauer, 1878)

29. Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)

30. Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)

31. Orchithemis pulcherrima Brauer, 1878

32. Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)

33. Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865) 

34. Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)

35. Orthetrum testaceum (Burmeister, 1839)

36. Orthetrum triangulare malaccense Förster, 1903

37. Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)

38. Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878

39. Tyriobapta torrida Kirby, 1889

40. Zygonyx ida Selys, 1869

41. Zygonyx iris malayana (Laidlaw, 1902)

Mortonagrion arthuri

Mortonagrion arthuri is definitely an uncommon Odonata species in Peninsular Malaysia. In Peninsular Malaysia M. arthuri are found in two locations - Tioman Island (Pahang) and Teluk Rubiah Forest Reserve (Perak). From my own field surveys, there are two sites in Tioman Island and one site in Teluk Rubiah Forest Reserve where this species could be found. All these sites (aquatic habitat) show the penetration of sea water during high tide, meaning that M. arthuri somehow tolerates some degree of salinity.