# List of Odonata species of India

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

## Aeshnidae

* 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
** 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
** Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
* 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

* 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

* Calocypha
** Calocypha laidlawi
* Indocypha
** Indocypha vittata (Selys, 1891)
* Libellago
** Libellago lineata andamanensis
** Libellago lineata blanda
** Libellago lineata indica
** Libellago lineata lineata (Burmeister, 1839)
* Rhinocypha
** 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

* 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 splendidissima
* Archibasis
** Archibasis oscillans (Selys, 1877)
* Argiocnemis
** Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys 1877
* Cercion
** Cercion calamorum dyeri (Fraser, 1919)
** Cercion malayanum (Selys. 1876)
* 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
** Coenagrion kashmirum
* Enallagma
** Enallagma cyathigerum cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
** Enallagma immsi
** Enallagma insula
** Enallagma parvum Selys, 1876
** Enallagma risi
* Himalagrion
** Himalagrion exclamatione
** Himalagrion pithoragarhicum
* 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
** Rhodischnura nursei

## 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

* Epophthalmia
** Epophthalmia frontalis binocellata
** Epophthalmia frontalis frontalis Selys, 1871
** Epophthalmia vittata vittata
** Epophthalmia vittigera bellicosa Lieftinck, 1948
* Hemicordulia
** Hemicordulia asiatica
* Idionyx
** Idionyx corona burliyarensis
** Idionyx corona corona
** Idionyx galeatus
** Idionyx imbricatus
** Idionyx intricatus
** Idionyx minimus
** Idionyx nadganiensis
** Idionyx nilgiriensis
** Idionyx optatus Selys, 1878
** Idionyx periyashola
** Idionyx rhinoceroides
** Idionyx saffronatus
** Idionyx stevensi
** Idionyx travancorensis
* Idiophya
** Idiophya nilgiriensis
* 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
** Macromidia donaldi
* Somatochlora
** Somatochlora daviesi Lieftinck, 1977

## Diphlebiidae

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

## Epiophlebidae

* Epiophlebia
** Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921

## 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
** 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

* Acrogomphus
** Acrogomphus fraseri
** Acrogomphus mohani
* Anisogomphus
** Anisogomphus bivittatus
** Anisogomphus caudalis
** Anisogomphus occipitalis
** Anisogomphus orites
* Anormogomphus
** Anormogomphus heteropterus
** Anormogomphus kiritschenkoi
* Asiagomphus
** Asiagomphus nilgiricus
** Asiagomphus odoneli
** Asiagomphus personatus
* Burmagomphus
** Burmagomphus cauvericus
** Burmagomphus hasimaricus
** Burmagomphus laidlawi
** Burmagomphus pyramidalis pyramidalis
** Burmagomphus sivalikensis
** Burmagomphus vermicularis (Martin, 1904)
* Cyclogomphus
** Cyclogomphus heterostylus
** Cyclogomphus vesiculosus
** Cyclogomphus wilkinsi
** Cyclogomphus ypsilon
* Davidioides
** Davidioides martini
* Davidius
** Davidius aberrans aberrans
** Davidius aberrans senchalensis
** Davidius davidii assamensis
** Davidius delineatus
** Davidius kumaonensis
** Davidius malloryi
** Davidius zallorensis
* Dubitogomphus
** Dubitogomphus bidentatus
* Gomphidia
** Gomphidia fletcheri
** Gomphidia ganeshi
** Gomphidia kodaguensis Gomphidia kodaguensis, Thattekad
** Gomphidia platyceps
** Gomphidia t-nigrum
** Gomphidia williamsoni
* Heliogomphus
** Heliogomphus kalarensis
** Heliogomphus promelas
** Heliogomphus selysi Fraser, 1925
** Heliogomphus spirillus
* Ictinogomphus
** Ictinogomphus angulosus
** Ictinogomphus atrox
** Ictinogomphus kishori
** Ictinogomphus pertinax (Selys,1854)
** Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)
* Macrogomphus
** Macrogomphus abnormis
** Macrogomphus annulatus
** Macrogomphus montanus
** Macrogomphus seductus
** Macrogomphus wynaadicus
* Megalogomphus
** Megalogomphus bicornutus
** Megalogomphus flavicolor
** Megalogomphus hannyngtoni
** Megalogomphus smithii
** Megalogomphus superbus
* Merogomphus
** Merogomphus longistigma longistigma
** Merogomphus longistigma tamaracherriensis
** Merogomphus martini
* Microgomphus
** Microgomphus chelifer chelifer
** Microgomphus souteri
** Microgomphus torquatus
** Microgomphus verticalis
* Nepogomphus
** Nepogomphus modestus
** Nepogomphus walli (Fraser. 1924)
* Nihonogomphus
** Nihonogomphus indicus
* 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 echinocipitalis
** Paragomphus lindgreni
** Paragomphus lineatus
* Perissogomphus
** Perissogomphus stevensi
* Phaenandrogomphus
** Phaenandrogomphus aureus
* Platygomphus
** Platygomphus dolabratus
* Stylogomphus
** Stylogomphus inglisi Fraser, 1922

## Lestidae

* Indolestes
** Indolestes assamicus
** Indolestes cyaneus
** Indolestes davenporti
** Indolestes indicus
** Indolestes pulcherrimus
** Indolestes tenuissimus
* 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

* 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 farinosa Krüger, 1902
** Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
* Brachythemis
** Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius,1793)
* Bradinopyga
** Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842)
** Bradinopyga saintjohanni
* Camacinia
** Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)
* Crocothemis
** Crocothemis erythraea erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
** Crocothemis misrai
** Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1770)
* Diplacodes
** Diplacodes lefebvrii
** Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)
** Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)
* Epithemis
** Epithemis mariae
* Hydrobasileus
** Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)
* Hylaeothemis
** Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi apicalis
** Hylaeothemis gardeneri
* Indothemis
** Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798)
** Indothemis limbata sita
* Lathrecista
** Lathrecista asiatica asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)
* Libellula
** Libellula quadrimaculata gregorievi
* Lyriothemis
** Lyriothemis acigastra
** Lyriothemis bivittata
** Lyriothemis tricolor Ris, 1919
* Macrodiplax
** Macrodiplax cora (Brauer,1867)
* Nannophya
** Nannophya katrainensis Singh, 1955
* Nesoxenia
** Nesoxenia lineata
* Neurothemis
** Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)
** Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)
** 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 martensi
** Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum (Rambur, 1842)
** Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury, 1770)
** 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)
* 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
* 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 festiva (Rambur, 1842)
** Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi (Selys, 1891)
** Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889)
* Urothemis
** Urothemis signata signata (Rambur, 1842)
* Zygonyx
** Zygonyx iris intermedia
** Zygonyx iris iris
** Zygonyx iris malabarica
** Zygonyx iris metallica
** Zygonyx torrida isis
* Zyxomma
** Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842

## Megapodagrionidae

* Burmargiolestes
** Burmargiolestes laidlawi

## 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
** 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

* Drepanosticta
** Drepanosticta annandalei
** Drepanosticta carmichaeli
** Drepanosticta polychromatica
* Platysticta
** Platysticta deccanensis
* Protosticta
** Protosticta armageddonia
** Protosticta antelopoides
** Protosticta davenporti
** Protosticta fraseri
** Protosticta gravelyi
** Protosticta hearseyi
** Protosticta himalaica
** Protosticta mortoni
** Protosticta rufostigma
** Protosticta sanguinostigma

## Protoneuridae

* Caconeura
** Caconeura gomphoides
** Caconeura obscura
** Caconeura ramburi
** Caconeura risi
** Caconeura t-coerulea
* Disparoneura
** Disparoneura apicalis
** Disparoneura canningi
** Disparoneura quadrimaculata
* Elattoneura
** Elattoneura atkinsoni
** Elattoneura campioni cacharensis
** Elattoneura campioni campioni
** Elattoneura coomansi
** Elattoneura nigerrima
** Elattoneura souteri
** Elattoneura tetrica
* Esme
** Esme cyaneovittata
** Esme longistyla
** Esme mudiensis
* Melanoneura
** Melanoneura bilineata
* Phylloneura
** Phylloneura westermanni
* Prodasineura
** Prodasineura autumnalis (Fraser, 1922)
** Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser, 1924)
** Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Fraser, 1924)
** Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (Fraser, 1921)

## Synlestidae

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