Below those bug eyes, hidden behind the leaf, are four pairs of wings that you might mistake for those of dragonflies. Damselflies belong to the same taxonomic order, but are smaller and slimmer than dragonflies. You can tell them apart by how they hold their wings at rest - damsels can fold their four wings along their body, while dragons hold them flat like a moth. There are around 2,600 known damselfly species; in September, researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences and the Zoological Survey of India added three more. The new arrivals were found in India's biodiverse Western Ghats mountain range.
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