About Dysphaea ethela Fraser, 1924
Dysphaea ethela is a medium-sized damselfly. It has a black head and pale grey eyes that are capped with brown. Its thorax is black, marked with narrow greenish-yellow antehumeral and humeral stripes, and additional yellow stripes at the base of the lateral sides. In old males, these marks become obscured by pruinescence. The wings are transparent, but are evenly infused with brown. The abdomen is black, marked with yellow apical annules up to segment 8, and has yellow lateral stripes up to segment 6. The anal appendages are black. Females are short and robust, with broader, more vivid yellow markings. The yellow lateral stripes extend to segment 7 in females. Segment 8 has a narrow yellow apical annule, and segment 9 has a broad yellow apical annule that covers the dorsal half. This species breeds in streams and rivers. It is commonly seen perched on reeds or bushes on river banks, or resting on rocks deep within the stream.
