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List of Odonata species of India
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The following is a list of the dragonflies and damselflies found in India.
Aeshnidae[edit]
- Aeshna
- Aeshna flavifrons Lichtenstein, 1976
- Aeshna juncea mongolica
- Aeshna mixta mixta Latreille, 1805
- Aeshna petalura petalura
- Anaciaeschna
- Anaciaeschna donaldi
- Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)
- Anaciaeschna kashimirensis
- Anax
- Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
- Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
- Anax imperator imperator Leach, 1815
- Anax indicus
- Anax marginope Baijal et al., 1956
- Anax nigrofasciatus nigrolineatus Fraser, 1935
- Anax parthenope parthenope (Selys, 1839)
- Cephalaeschna
- Gynacantha
- Gynacanthaeschna
- Heliaeschna
- Heliaeschna crassa Krüger, 1899
- Heliaeschna uninervulata uninervulata Martin, 1909
- Hemianax
- Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
- Oligoaeschna
- Periaeschna
- Periaeschna flinti assamensis
- Periaeschna lebasi
- Periaeschna magdalena Martin, 1909
- Periaeschna nocturnalis Fraser, 1927
- Periaeschna unifasciata
- Petaliaeschna
- Planaeschna
- Planaeschna intersedens (Martin, 1909)
- Polycanthagyna
- Polycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896)
- Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896)
- Tetracanthagyna
- Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan, 1898
Calopterygidae[edit]
- Caliphaea
- Caliphaea confusa Hagen in Selys, 1859
- Echo
- Echo margarita margarita
- Echo margarita tripartita
- Matrona
- Matrona basilaris nigripectus Selys, 1879
- Neurobasis
- Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vestalis
- Vestalis apicalis apicalis Selys, 1873
- Vestalis apicalis submontana Fraser, 1934
- Vestalis gracilis gracilis (Rambur, 1842)
- Vestalis gracilis montana Fraser, 1934
- Vestalis smaragdina smaragdina Selys, 1879
Chlorocyphidae[edit]
- Calocypha
- Indocypha
- Indocypha vittata (Selys, 1891)
- Libellago
- Libellago lineata andamanensis
- Libellago lineata blanda
- Libellago lineata indica
- Libellago lineata lineata (Burmeister, 1839)
Libellago lineata, male
Libellago lineata, female
- Rhinocypha bifasciata
- Rhinocypha biforata abbreviata
- Rhinocypha biforata biforata Selys, 1859
- Rhinocypha bisignata
- Rhinocypha cuneata
- Rhinocypha ignipennis
- Rhinocypha immaculata
- Rhinocypha perforata beatifica
- Rhinocypha perforata limbata Selys, 1879
- Rhinocypha quadrimaculata
- Rhinocypha spuria
- Rhinocypha trifasciata
- Rhinocypha trimaculata
- Rhinocypha unimaculata
- Rhinocypha vitrinella
Chlorogomphidae[edit]
- Chlorogomphus
- Chlorogomphus atkinsoni (Selys, 1878)
- Chlorogomphus brittoi
- Chlorogomphus campioni
- Chlorogomphus fraseri
- Chlorogomphus mortoni
- Chlorogomphus olympicus
- Chlorogomphus preciosus fernandi
- Chlorogomphus preciosus preciosus
- Chlorogomphus schmidti
- Chlorogomphus selysi
- Chlorogomphus usudai Ishida, 1996
- Chlorogomphus xanthoptera
Coenagrionidae[edit]
- Aciagrion
- Aciagrion approximans
- Aciagrion azureum
- Aciagrion hisopa hisopa (Selys, 1876)
- Aciagrion hisopa krishna
- Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
- Aciagrion olympicum
- Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891
- Aciagrion tillyardi Laidlaw, 1919
- Agriocnemis
- Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922
- Agriocnemis corbeti
- Agriocnemis dabreui
- Agriocnemis femina femina (Brauer, 1868)
- Agriocnemis kelarensis
- Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877
- Agriocnemis pieris
- Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)
Agriocnemis pygmaea, male
Agriocnemis pygmaea, female
- Archibasis
- Archibasis oscillans (Selys, 1877)
- Argiocnemis
- Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys 1877
- Cercion
- Cercion calamorum dyeri (Fraser, 1919)
- Cercion malayanum (Selys. 1876)
Ceriagrion coromandelianum (male)
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Ceriagrion coromandelianum (female)
- Ceriagrion
- Ceriagrion azureum (Selys. 1891)
- Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)
- Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
- Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)
- Ceriagrion fallax cerinomelas Lieftinck, 1927
- Ceriagrion fallax pendleburyi Laidlaw, 1931
- Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
- Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916
- Coenagrion
- Enallagma
- Enallagma cyathigerum cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
- Enallagma immsi
- Enallagma insula
- Enallagma parvum Selys, 1876
- Enallagma risi
- Himalagrion
Ishneura aurora (male)
- Ischnura
- Ischnura aurora aurora Brauer, 1865
- Ischnura dorothea
- Ischnura elegans elegans (Vander Linden,1820)
- Ischnura forcipata
- Ischnura immsi
- Ischnura inarmata
- Ischnura patricia
- Ischnura pumillo
- Ischnura rubilio
- Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
- Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)
- Mortonagrion
- Mortonagrion aborense (Laidlaw, 1914)
- Mortonagrion varralli
- Onychargia
- Onychargia atrocyana (Selys, 1865)
- Pseudagrion
- Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
- Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
- Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur, 1842)
- Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876
- Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924
- Pseudagrion laidlawi Fraser, 1922
- Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924
- Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)
- Pseudagrion pruinosum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)
- Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps Selys, 1876
- Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922
- Pyrrhosoma
- Pyrrhosoma nymphula elisabethae
- Rhodischnura
Cordulegastridae[edit]
- Anotogaster
- Anotogaster basalis basalis
- Anotogaster basalis palampurensis
- Anotogaster nipalensis
- Cordulegaster
- Cordulegaster brevistigma brevistigma
- Cordulegaster brevistigma folia
- Cordulegaster parvistigma
- Neallogaster
Corduliidae[edit]
- Epophthalmia
- Epophthalmia frontalis binocellata
- Epophthalmia frontalis frontalis Selys, 1871
- Epophthalmia vittata vittata
- Epophthalmia vittigera bellicosa Lieftinck, 1948
- Hemicordulia
- Idionyx
- Idiophya
- Macromia
- Macromia annaimalaiensis
- Macromia bellicosa
- Macromia cingulata
- Macromia cupricincta Fraser, 1924
- Macromia ellisoni
- Macromia flavicincta
- Macromia flavocolorata
- Macromia flavovittata
- Macromia ida
- Macromia indica
- Macromia irata
- Macromia miniata
- Macromia moorei malayana Laidlaw, 1928
- Macromia moorei moorei
- Macromia pallida
- Macromia whitei
- Macromidia
- Somatochlora
- Somatochlora daviesi Lieftinck, 1977
Diphlebiidae[edit]
- Philoganga
- Philoganga montana (Hagen in Selys, 1859)
Epiophlebidae[edit]
- Epiophlebia
- Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921
Euphaeidae[edit]
- Anisopleura
- Bayadera
- Dysphaea
- Dysphaea ethela Fraser, 1924
- Dysphaea gloriosa Fraser, 1938
- Euphaea
- Euphaea cardinalis
- Euphaea dispar
- Euphaea fraseri
- Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879
- Euphaea ochracea brunnea
- Euphaea ochracea ochracea Selys, 1859
- Schmidtiphaea
- Schmidtiphaea schmidi Asahina, 1978
Gomphidae[edit]
- Acrogomphus
- Anisogomphus
- Anormogomphus
- Asiagomphus
- Burmagomphus
- Cyclogomphus
- Davidioides
- Davidius
- Davidius aberrans aberrans
- Davidius aberrans senchalensis
- Davidius davidii assamensis
- Davidius delineatus
- Davidius kumaonensis
- Davidius malloryi
- Davidius zallorensis
- Dubitogomphus
- Gomphidia
- Heliogomphus
- Ictinogomphus
- Ictinogomphus angulosus
- Ictinogomphus atrox
- Ictinogomphus kishori
- Ictinogomphus pertinax (Selys,1854)
- Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)
- Macrogomphus
- Megalogomphus
- Merogomphus
- Merogomphus longistigma longistigma
- Merogomphus longistigma tamaracherriensis
- Merogomphus martini
- Microgomphus
- Nepogomphus
- Nepogomphus modestus
- Nepogomphus walli (Fraser. 1924)
- Nihonogomphus
- Onychogomphus
- Onychogomphus acinaces
- Onychogomphus biforceps
- Onychogomphus bistrigatus
- Onychogomphus cacharicus
- Onychogomphus dingavani Fraser, 1924
- Onychogomphus duaricus Fraser, 1924
- Onychogomphus grammicus
- Onychogomphus maculivertex
- Onychogomphus malabarensis
- Onychogomphus meghalayanus
- Onychogomphus nilgiriensis annaimallaicus
- Onychogomphus nilgiriensis nilgiriensis
- Onychogomphus risi
- Onychogomphus saundersii
- Onychogomphus schmidti
- Onychogomphus striatus
- Onychogomphus thienemanni
- Ophiogomphus
- Ophiogomphus cerastis
- Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert, 1898
- Paragomphus
Paragomphus lineatus, male
Paragomphus lineatus, female
Lestidae[edit]
- Lestes
- Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys. 1862
- Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924
- Lestes elatus
- Lestes garoensis
- Lestes malabaricus
- Lestes nigriceps
- Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891
- Lestes orientalis
- Lestes patricia
- Lestes platystylus Rambur, 1842
- Lestes praemorsus decipiens Kirby, 1893
- Lestes praemorsus praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1892
- Lestes praemorsus sikkima
- Lestes thoracicus Laidlaw, 1920
- Lestes umbrinus
- Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842
- Orolestes
- Orolestes durga
- Orolestes motis
- Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895
- Sympecma
- Sympecma annulata annulata
- Sympecma kashmirensis
Libellulidae[edit]
- Acisoma
- Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur, 1842
- Aethriamanta
- Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)
- Agrionoptera
- Agrionoptera insignis dorothea
- Agrionoptera insignis insignis (Rambur, 1842)
- Amphithemis
- Amphithemis curvistyla Selys, 1891
- Amphithemis vacillans
- Brachydiplax
- Brachydiplax chalybea chalybea Brauer, 1868
Brachydiplax chalybea, male
Brachydiplax chalybea, female
- Brachydiplax farinosa Krüger, 1902
- Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
- Brachythemis
- Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius,1793)
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Brachythemis contaminata, female
- Bradinopyga
- Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842)
- Camacinia
- Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)
- Crocothemis
- Crocothemis erythraea erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
- Crocothemis misrai
- Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1770)
Diplacodes trivialis (male)
- Diplacodes
- Diplacodes lefebvrii
- Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)
- Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)
Diplacodes trivialis, female
- Epithemis
- Hydrobasileus
- Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)
- Hylaeothemis
- Indothemis
- Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798)
Indothemis carnatica, female
- Indothemis limbata sita
- Lathrecista
- Lathrecista asiatica asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)
- Libellula
- Libellula quadrimaculata gregorievi
- Lyriothemis
- Macrodiplax
- Macrodiplax cora (Brauer,1867)
- Nannophya
- Nannophya katrainensis Singh, 1955
- Nesoxenia
- Neurothemis
- Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)
- Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)
Neurothemis fulvia, male
- Neurothemis intermedia atalanta Ris, 1919
- Neurothemis intermedia degener Selys, 1879
- Neurothemis intermedia intermedia (Rambur, 1842)
- Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury, 1773)
- Onychothemis
- Onychothemis testacea ceylanica
- Orthetrum
- Orthetrum anceps (Schneider, 1845)
- Orthetrum brunneum brunneum
- Orthetrum cancellatum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Orthetrum cancellatum kraepelini
- Orthetrum chandrabali
- Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)
- Orthetrum ganeshii
- Orthetrum garhwalicum
- Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)
- Orthetrum guptai
- Orthetrum japonicum internum McLachlan, 1894
- Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)
Orthetrum luzonicum, female
- Orthetrum martensi
- Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum (Rambur, 1842)
- Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury, 1770)
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Orthetrum sabina, male
- Orthetrum taeniolatum
- Orthetrum triangulare triangulare (Selys, 1878)
- Palpopleura
- Palpopleura sexmaculata octomaculata
- Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Pantala
- Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
- Potamarcha
- Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)
Potamarcha congener, male
- Pseudotramea
- Pseudotramea prateri Fraser, 1920
- Rhodothemis
- Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842)
- Rhyothemis
- Rhyothemis obsolescens Kirby, 1889
- Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883
- Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889
- Rhyothemis variegata variegata (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Selysiothemis
- Selysiothemis nigra (Van derLinden, 1825)
- Sympetrum
- Sympetrum commixtum (Selys, 1884)
- Sympetrum durum Bartenef, 1916
- Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
- Sympetrum haematoneura Fraser, 1924
- Sympetrum himalayanum Navas, 1934
- Sympetrum hypomelas (Selys, 1884)
- Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
- Sympetrum orientale (Selys, 1883)
- Sympetrum vulgatum flavum (Bartenef, 1915)
- Tetrathemis
- Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
Tetrathemis platyptera, male
- Tholymis
- Coral-tailed Cloudwing Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)
- Tramea
- Tramea basilaris burmeisteri Kirby,1889
- Tramea eurybia eurybia
- Tramea limbata similata
- Tramea stylata
- Tramea virginia (Rambur, 1842)
- Trithemis
- Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)
Trithemis aurora, male
- Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)
- Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi (Selys, 1891)
- Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889)
Trithemis pallidinervis, female
- Urothemis
- Urothemis signata signata (Rambur, 1842)
Urothemis signata, female
- Zygonyx
- Zygonyx iris intermedia
- Zygonyx iris iris
- Zygonyx iris malabarica
- Zygonyx iris metallica
- Zygonyx torrida isis
- Zyxomma
- Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842
Megapodagrionidae[edit]
Platycnemididae[edit]
- Calicnemia
- Calicnemia carminea carminea
- Calicnemia carminea pyrrhosoma
- Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)
- Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948
- Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)
- Calicnemia miniata
- Calicnemia mortoni
- Calicnemia mukherjeei
- Calicnemia pulverulans
- Coeliccia
- Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw, 1914
- Coeliccia didyma didyma (Selys, 1863)
- Coeliccia didyma loringae Laidlaw, 1932
- Coeliccia dorothea Fraser, 1933
- Coeliccia fraseri
- Coeliccia pracritii
- Coeliccia renifera
- Coeliccia rossi
- Coeliccia sarbottama
- Coeliccia schmidti
- Coeliccia svihleri
- Coeliccia vacca
- Copera
- Copera ciliata (Selys, 1863)
- Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)
- Copera superplatypes
- Copera vittata assamensis
- Copera vittata deccanensis
- Copera vittata serapica
- Indocnemis
- Indocnemis orang Föster in Laidlaw, 1907
- Platycnemis
- Platycnemis dealbata (Geoffroy in Selys and Hagen, 1850)
Platystictidae[edit]
Protoneuridae[edit]
- Caconeura
- Disparoneura
- Elattoneura
- Esme
- Melanoneura
- Phylloneura
- Prodasineura
- Prodasineura autumnalis (Fraser, 1922)
- Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser, 1924)
- Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Fraser, 1924)
- Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (Fraser, 1921)
Synlestidae[edit]
References[edit]
- Subramanian, K.A.; Babu, R. (2017). Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India. Version 3.0. www.zsi.gov.in
- Prasad, M. & Varshney R.K. (1995). A checklist of the Odonata of India including data on larval studies. Oriental Insects 29: 385-428.
- K.A.Subramanian (2005) Dragonflies and Damselflies of India-A field guide. PDF