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
* Anaciaeschna kashimirensis Anax
* Anax guttatus
* 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 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, 1909Hemianax
* Hemianax ephippiger 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 Polycanthagyna
* Polycanthagyna erythromelas
* Polycanthagyna ornithocephala Tetracanthagyna
* Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan, 1898

Calopterygidae

Caliphaea

* Caliphaea confusa Hagen in Selys, 1859Echo
* Echo margarita margarita
* Echo margarita tripartita Matrona
* Matrona basilaris nigripectus Selys, 1879Neurobasis
* Neurobasis chinensis chinensis Vestalis
* Vestalis apicalis apicalis Selys, 1873
* Vestalis apicalis submontana Fraser, 1934
* Vestalis gracilis gracilis
* Vestalis gracilis montana Fraser, 1934
* Vestalis smaragdina smaragdina Selys, 1879

Chlorocyphidae

Calocypha

* Calocypha laidlawi Indocypha
* Indocypha vittata Libellago
* Libellago lineata andamanensis
* Libellago lineata blanda
* Libellago lineata indica
* Libellago lineata lineata 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
* 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
* Aciagrion hisopa krishna
* Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
* Aciagrion olympicum
* Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891
* Aciagrion tillyardi Laidlaw, 1919Agriocnemis
* Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922
* Agriocnemis corbeti
* Agriocnemis dabreui
* Agriocnemis femina femina
* Agriocnemis kelarensis
* Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877
* Agriocnemis pieris
* Agriocnemis pygmaea
* Agriocnemis splendidissima Archibasis
* Archibasis oscillans Argiocnemis
* Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys 1877Cercion
* Cercion calamorum dyeri
* Cercion malayanum Ceriagrion
* Ceriagrion azureum
* Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
* Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
* Ceriagrion coromandelianum
* Ceriagrion fallax cerinomelas Lieftinck, 1927
* Ceriagrion fallax pendleburyi Laidlaw, 1931
* Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
* Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916Coenagrion
* Coenagrion kashmirum Enallagma
* Enallagma cyathigerum cyathigerum
* 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
* Ischnura forcipata
* Ischnura immsi
* Ischnura inarmata
* Ischnura patricia
* Ischnura pumillo
* Ischnura rubilio
* Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
* Ischnura senegalensis Mortonagrion
* Mortonagrion aborense
* Mortonagrion varralli Onychargia
* Onychargia atrocyana Pseudagrion
* Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
* Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
* Pseudagrion decorum
* Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876
* Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924
* Pseudagrion laidlawi Fraser, 1922
* Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924
* Pseudagrion microcephalum
* Pseudagrion pruinosum pruinosum
* Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps Selys, 1876
* Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922Pyrrhosoma
* 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, 1948Hemicordulia
* 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''

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, 1938Euphaea
* Euphaea cardinalis
* Euphaea dispar Rambur, 1842
* Euphaea fraseri
* Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879
* Euphaea ochracea brunnea Selys, 1879
* Euphaea ochracea ochracea Selys, 1859
* Euphaea pseudodispar Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021
* Euphaea thosegharensis Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021
* Euphaea wayanadensis Anooj, Susanth & Sadasivan, 2025Schmidtiphaea
* 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 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 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
* Ictinogomphus rapax 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 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, 1898Paragomphus
* 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
* 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, 1842Orolestes
* Orolestes durga
* Orolestes motis
* Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895Sympecma
* Sympecma annulata annulata
* ''Sympecma kashmirensis''

Libellulidae

Acisoma

* Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur, 1842Aethriamanta
* Aethriamanta brevipennis Agrionoptera
* Agrionoptera insignis dorothea
* Agrionoptera insignis insignis Amphithemis
* Amphithemis curvistyla Selys, 1891
* Amphithemis vacillans Brachydiplax
* Brachydiplax chalybea chalybea Brauer, 1868
* Brachydiplax farinosa Krüger, 1902
* Brachydiplax sobrina Brachythemis
* Brachythemis contaminata Bradinopyga
* Bradinopyga geminata
* Bradinopyga saintjohanni Camacinia
* Camacinia gigantea Crocothemis
* Crocothemis erythraea erythraea
* Crocothemis misrai
* Crocothemis servilia servilia Diplacodes
* Diplacodes lefebvrii
* Diplacodes nebulosa
* Diplacodes trivialis Epithemis
* Epithemis mariae Hydrobasileus
* Hydrobasileus croceus Hylaeothemis
* Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi apicalis
* Hylaeothemis gardeneri Indothemis
* Indothemis carnatica
* Indothemis limbata sita Lathrecista
* Lathrecista asiatica asiatica Libellula
* Libellula quadrimaculata gregorieviLyriothemis
* Lyriothemis acigastra
* Lyriothemis bivittata
* Lyriothemis tricolor Ris, 1919Macrodiplax
* Macrodiplax cora Nannophya
* Nannophya katrainensis Singh, 1955Nesoxenia
* Nesoxenia lineata Neurothemis
* Neurothemis fluctuans
* Neurothemis fulvia
* Neurothemis intermedia atalanta Ris, 1919
* Neurothemis intermedia degener Selys, 1879
* Neurothemis intermedia intermedia
* Neurothemis tullia tullia

Onychothemis

* Onychothemis testacea ceylanica Orthetrum
* Orthetrum anceps
* Orthetrum brunneum brunneum
* Orthetrum cancellatum cancellatum
* Orthetrum cancellatum kraepelini
* Orthetrum chandrabali
* Orthetrum chrysis
* Orthetrum ganeshii
* Orthetrum garhwalicum
* Orthetrum glaucum
* Orthetrum guptai
* Orthetrum japonicum internum McLachlan, 1894
* Orthetrum luzonicum
* Orthetrum martensi
* Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum
* Orthetrum sabina sabina
* Orthetrum taeniolatum
* Orthetrum triangulare triangulare Palpopleura
* Palpopleura sexmaculata octomaculata
* Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmaculata Pantala
* Pantala flavescens Potamarcha
* Potamarcha congener Pseudotramea
* Pseudotramea prateri Fraser, 1920Rhodothemis
* Rhodothemis rufa Rhyothemis
* Rhyothemis obsolescens Kirby, 1889
* Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883
* Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889
* Rhyothemis variegata variegata

Selysiothemis

* Selysiothemis nigra Sympetrum
* Sympetrum commixtum
* Sympetrum durum Bartenef, 1916
* Sympetrum fonscolombii
* Sympetrum haematoneura Fraser, 1924
* Sympetrum himalayanum Navas, 1934
* Sympetrum hypomelas
* Sympetrum meridionale
* Sympetrum orientale
* Sympetrum vulgatum flavum Tetrathemis
* Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878Tholymis
* Coral-tailed Cloudwing Tholymis tillarga Tramea
* Tramea basilaris burmeisteri Kirby,1889
* Tramea eurybia eurybia
* Tramea limbata similata
* Tramea stylata
* Tramea virginia Trithemis
* Trithemis aurora
* Trithemis festiva
* Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi
* Trithemis pallidinervis Urothemis
* Urothemis signata signata 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
* Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948
* Calicnemia miles
* Calicnemia miniata
* Calicnemia mortoni
* Calicnemia mukherjeei
* Calicnemia pulverulans Coeliccia
* Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw, 1914
* Coeliccia didyma didyma
* 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
* Copera marginipes
* Copera superplatypes
* Copera vittata assamensis
* Copera vittata deccanensis
* Copera vittata serapica Indocnemis
* Indocnemis orang Föster in Laidlaw, 1907Platycnemis
* ''Platycnemis dealbata''

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
* Prodasineura odoneli
* Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis
* ''Prodasineura verticalis annandalei''

Synlestidae

Megalestes

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