List of odonata species of India

The following is a list of the dragonflies and damselflies found in India.

Diplacodes trivialis

Aeshnidae

  • Anax
  • Cephalaeschna
    • Cephalaeschna acutifrons
    • Cephalaeschna klapperichi
    • Cephalaeschna masoni
    • Cephalaeschna orbifrons
    • Cephalaeschna viridifrons
  • Gynacantha
    • Gynacantha albistyla
    • Gynacantha apicalis
    • Gynacantha arnaudi
    • Gynacantha bainbriggei
    • Gynacantha bayadera Selys,1854
    • Gynacantha biharica
    • Gynacantha dravida
    • Gynacantha khasiaca
    • Gynacantha odoneli
    • Gynacantha rammohani
    • Gynacantha rotundata
  • Gynacanthaeschna
    • Gynacanthaeschna sikkima
  • Heliaeschna
    • Heliaeschna crassa Krüger, 1899
    • Heliaeschna uninervulata uninervulata Martin, 1909
  • Hemianax
  • Oligoaeschna
    • Oligoaeschna andamani
    • Oligoaeschna khasiana
    • Oligoaeschna martini
  • Periaeschna
    • Periaeschna flinti assamensis
    • Periaeschna lebasi
    • Periaeschna magdalena Martin, 1909
    • Periaeschna nocturnalis Fraser, 1927
    • Periaeschna unifasciata
  • Petaliaeschna
    • Petaliaeschna flecheri
  • Planaeschna
    • Planaeschna intersedens (Martin, 1909)
  • Polycanthagyna
    • Polycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896)
    • Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896)
  • Tetracanthagyna
    • Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan, 1898

Calopterygidae

Chlorocyphidae

    • 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

  • 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

Ishneura aurora (male)
'Pseudagrion microcepahlum

Cordulegastridae

  • Anotogaster
    • Anotogaster basalis basalis
    • Anotogaster basalis palampurensis
    • Anotogaster nipalensis
  • Cordulegaster
    • Cordulegaster brevistigma brevistigma
    • Cordulegaster brevistigma folia
    • Cordulegaster parvistigma
  • Neallogaster
    • Neallogaster annandalei
    • Neallogaster hermionae
    • Neallogaster latifrons
    • Neallogaster ornata
    • Neallogaster schmidti

Corduliidae

Diphlebiidae

  • Philoganga
    • Philoganga montana (Hagen in Selys, 1859)

Epiophlebidae

Euphaeidae

  • Anisopleura
    • Anisopleura comes
    • Anisopleura lestoides
    • Anisopleura lieftincki
    • Anisopleura subplatystyla Fraser, 1927
    • Anisopleura vallei
  • Bayadera
    • Bayadera hyalina Selys, 1879
    • Bayadera indica
    • Bayadera kali
    • Bayadera longicauda
  • Dysphaea
  • Euphaea
  • Schmidtiphaea
    • Schmidtiphaea schmidi Asahina, 1978

Gomphidae

  • Perissogomphus
    • Perissogomphus stevensi
  • Phaenandrogomphus
    • Phaenandrogomphus aureus
  • Platygomphus
    • Platygomphus dolabratus
  • Stylogomphus
    • Stylogomphus inglisi Fraser, 1922

Lestidae

Libellulidae

Neurothemis tullia
Rhyothemis variegata
Tholymis tillarga
Trithemis festiva

Megapodagrionidae

Platycnemididae

  • 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
  • Indocnemis
    • Indocnemis orang Föster in Laidlaw, 1907
  • Platycnemis
    • Platycnemis dealbata (Geoffroy in Selys and Hagen, 1850)

Platystictidae

Protoneuridae

Synlestidae

  • Megalestes
    • Megalestes irma
    • Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985
    • Megalestes lieftincki
    • Megalestes major
    • Megalestes micans
    • Megalestes raychoudhurii

References

    • 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
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