Agriocnemis pygmaea is a small damselfly with black capped green eyes, black thorax with apple green stripes on lateral sides. Segments 1 to 7 of its abdomen is black on dorsum and pale green on ventral half. The remaining segments are orange-red. Very old males may get
pruinosed on the dorsum of the head and the thorax with snowy white, making all the markings beneath being quite obscured. Female is more robust and exhibits several
color morphs. The green color of the male is replaced by red in the females in the red forms. In
androchrome forms, the female has same green colors as in the male. Female colour variation is depended on
ontogenic colour change associated with sexual development too.
Agriocnemis pygmaea breeds in marshes and ponds. ==Etymology==