Diplacodes trivialis[3] is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae[4] known as the chalky percher[5] or ground skimmer.

[6][7] It is found in Seychelles, Oman, United Arab Emirates, China, Japan, India, Maldives and southwards to New Guinea and Australia.

[8][9][10] Diplacodes trivialis is small dragonfly with bluish eyes and greenish-yellow or olivaceous thorax and abdomen with black marks.

Clear wings, without apical or basal markings, and the creamy white anal appendages and deep pruinescence in adults help to distinguish this species from others in its genus.

It breeds in ponds, wet rice fields, shallow lakes, drainage ditches and similar habitats.