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List of Odonata species of India

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The following is a list of Odonata species of India.

India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat and cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons. India forms a large part of the Indomalayan biogeographical zone; many of the floral and faunal forms show Malayan affinities with some taxa being unique to the Indian region. In addition, India hosts three of the world's biodiversity hotspots: the Western Ghats, the Himalayas, and the hilly ranges bordering India and Myanmar, each having numerous endemic species.

India is home to 532 species of dragonflies and damselflies. The majority of the Odonata in India are found in the rainforests of the Western Ghats and Northeast India.

198 species of Odonata are endemic to India. These endemic species are marked with (E).

Lestidae

Indolestes assamicus Fraser, 1930 (E)

Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)

Indolestes gracilis (Hagen in Selys, 1862)

Indolestes indicus Fraser, 1922 (E)

Indolestes pulcherrimus Fraser, 1924 (E)

Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)

Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862

Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924

Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862

Lestes garoensis Lahiri, 1987 (E)

Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929

Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924

Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891

Lestes paloti Nair, George, Samuel & Sadasivan, 2026 (E)

Lestes patricia Fraser, 1924

Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862

Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842

Orolestes durga Lahiri, 1987 (E)

Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895

Platylestes kirani Emiliyamma, Jafer & Charesh, 2020 (E)

Platylestes platystylus Rambur, 1842

Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)

Synlestidae

Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen, Kalkman & Orr, 2017

Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926

Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985

Megalestes lieftincki Lahiri, 1979 (E)

Megalestes major Selys, 1862

Megalestes micans Needham, 1930

Platystictidae

Drepanosticta annandalei Fraser, 1924 (E)

Drepanosticta carmichaeli (Laidlaw, 1915)

Drepanosticta polychromatica Fraser, 1931

Indosticta deccanensis (Laidlaw, 1915) (E)

Protosticta anamalaica Sadasivan, Nair & Samuel, 2022 (E)

Protosticta armageddonia Chandran, Payra, Deshpande & Koparde, 2023

Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931 (E)

Protosticta cyanofemora Joshi, Subramanian, Babu & Kunte, 2020 (E)

Protosticta damacornu Terzani & Carletti, 1998 (E)

Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931 (E)

Protosticta francyi Sadasivan, Vibhu, Nair & Palot, 2022 (E)

Protosticta fraseri Kennedy, 1936 (E)

Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915 (E)

Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922 (E)

Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw, 1917

Protosticta khasia Joshi & Sarkar, 2024 (E)

Protosticta monticola Emiliyamma & Palot, 2016 (E)

Protosticta mortoni Fraser, 1924 (E)

Protosticta myristicaensis Joshi & Kunte, 2020 (E)

Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte, 2015 (E)

Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958 (E)

Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922 (E)

Protosticta samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023

Protosticta sexcolorata Chandran, Muneer, Madhavan & Jose, 2024 (E)

Protosticta sholai Subramanian & Babu, 2020 (E)

Protosticta sooryaprakashi Haneef, Chandran, Sawant, Beevi & Kunte, 2025 (E)

Yunnanosticta siangi Joshi, Sawant & Kunte, 2024 (E)

Calopterygidae

Caliphaea confusa Hagen in Selys, 1859

Caliphaea sinuofurcata Sawant, Joshi & Kunte, 2025 (E)

Echo margarita Selys, 1853

Echo perornata Yu & Hämäläinen, 2012

Matrona nigripectus Selys, 1879

Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vestalaria smaragdina (Selys, 1879)

Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873

Vestalis gracilis (Rambur, 1842)

Vestalis submontana Fraser, 1934 (E)

Chlorocyphidae

Aristocypha cuneata (Selys, 1853)

Aristocypha fenestrella Rambur, 1842

Aristocypha hilaryae Fraser, 1927

Aristocypha immaculata Selys, 1879

Aristocypha quadrimaculata Selys, 1853

Aristocypha spuria (Selys, 1879)

Aristocypha trifasciata Selys, 1853

Calocypha laidlawi (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Heliocypha biforata (Selys, 1859)

Heliocypha bisignata (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (E)

Heliocypha perforata (Percheron, 1835)

Heterocypha vitrinella (Fraser, 1935)

Indocypha vittata (Selys, 1891)

Libellago andamanensis (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Libellago aurantiaca (Selys, 1959)

Libellago balus Hämäläinen, 2002 (E)

Libellago blanda (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (E)

Libellago indica (Fraser, 1928) (E)

Libellago lineata (Burmeister, 1839)

Paracypha unimaculata (Selys, 1853)

Rhinocypha ignipennis Selys, 1879

Rhinocypha trimaculata Selys, 1853

Devadattidae

Devadatta adii Joshi, Sawant & Kunte, 2024 (E)

Euphaeidae

Anisopleura comes Hagen, 1880

Anisopleura lestoides Selys, 1853

Anisopleura subplatystyla Fraser, 1927

Anisopleura vallei St. Quentin, 1937 (E)

Bayadera hyalina Selys, 1879

Bayadera indica (Selys, 1853)

Bayadera kali Cowley, 1936 (E)

Bayadera longicauda Fraser, 1928

Dysphaea ethela Fraser, 1924 (E)

Dysphaea gloriosa Fraser, 1938

Euphaea cardinalis (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Euphaea dispar Rambur, 1842 (E)

Euphaea fraseri (Laidlaw, 1920) (E)

Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879

Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859

Euphaea pseudodispar Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021 (E)

Euphaea thosegharensis Sadasivan & Bhakare, 2021 (E)

Schmidtiphaea schmidi Asahina, 1978 (E)

Schmidtiphaea chittaranjani (Lahiri, 2003) (E)

Philogangidae

Philoganga montana (Hagen in Selys, 1859)

Rhipidolestidae

Burmargiolestes laidlawi Lieftinck, 1960 (E)

Coenagrionidae

Aciagrion approximans (Selys, 1876)

Aciagrion azureum Fraser, 1922

Aciagrion borneense Ris, 1911

Aciagrion hisopa (Selys, 1876)

Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919

Aciagrion olympicum Laidlaw, 1919

Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891

Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922

Agriocnemis corbeti Kumar & Prasad, 1978

Agriocnemis dabreui Fraser, 1919

Agriocnemis femina (Brauer, 1868)

Agriocnemis kalinga Nair & Subramanian, 2014

Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981 (E)

Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877

Agriocnemis nana Laidlaw, 1914

Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919

Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)

Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919

Amphiallagma parvum (Selys, 1877)

Archibasis oscillans (Selys, 1877)

Argiocnemis rubescens Selys, 1877

Ceriagrion aeruginosum (Brauer, 1869)

Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922

Ceriagrion azureum (Selys, 1891)

Ceriagrion calamineum Lieftinck, 1951

Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)

Ceriagrion chromothorax Joshi & Sawant, 2019 (E)

Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)

Ceriagrion fallax Ris, 1914

Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914

Ceriagrion pratermissum Lieftinck, 1929

Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916

Coenagrion exclamationis (Fraser, 1919)

Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)

Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1823)

Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907

Ischnura inarmata Calvert, 1898

Ischnura nursei (Morton, 1907)

Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)

Ischnura rubilio Selys, 1876

Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876

Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)

Mortonagrion aborense (Laidlaw, 1914)

Mortonagrion santha Christopher, Babu & Subramanian, 2026 (E)

Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920

Paracercion calamorum (Ris, 1916)

Paracercion malayanum (Selys, 1876)

Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924 (E)

Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876

Pseudagrion bidentatum Morton, 1907

Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur, 1842)

Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876

Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924 (E)

Pseudagrion laidlawi Fraser, 1922

Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924

Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)

Pseudagrion pilidorsum (Brauer, 1868)

Pseudagrion pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)

Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876

Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922

Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser, 1922

Platycnemididae

Caconeura gomphoides (Rambur, 1842) (E)

Caconeura obscura (Fraser, 1933) (E)

Caconeura ramburi (Fraser, 1922) (E)

Caconeura risi (Fraser, 1931) (E)

Caconeura t-coerulea (Fraser, 1933) (E)

Calicnemia ardena Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Calicnemia arunachala Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Calicnemia doonensis Sangal & Tyagi, 1984 (E)

Calicnemia erythromelas (Selys, 1891)

Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)

Calicnemia flavovittata Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948

Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)

Calicnemia mimumkoa Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Calicnemia miniata (Selys, 1886)

Calicnemia mortoni (Laidlaw, 1917)

Calicnemia mukherjeei Lahiri, 1976 (E)

Calicnemia naga Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Calicnemia nipalica Kimmins, 1958 (E)

Calicnemia pulverulans (Selys, 1886)

Calicnemia rubromacula Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw, 1914

Coeliccia didyma (Selys, 1863)

Coeliccia dorothea Fraser, 1933 (E)

Coeliccia fraseri Laidlaw, 1932 (E)

Coeliccia loogali Fraser in Laidlaw, 1932

Coeliccia magna Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Coeliccia prakritiae Lahiri, 1985 (E)

Coeliccia renifera (Selys, 1886)

Coeliccia rossi Asahina, 1984 (E)

Coeliccia rotundata Asahina, 1984

Coeliccia sarbottama Lahiri, 1987 (E)

Coeliccia schmidti Asahina, 1984 (E)

Coeliccia svihleri Asahina, 1970

Coeliccia vacca Laidlaw, 1932

Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

Copera vittata Selys, 1863

Disparoneura apicalis (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Disparoneura quadrimaculata (Rambur, 1842) (E)

Elattoneura atkinsoni (Selys, 1886) (E)

Elattoneura campioni (Fraser, 1922) (E)

Elattoneura nigerrima (Laidlaw, 1917) (E)

Elattoneura nihari Mitra, 1995 (E)

Elattoneura souteri (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Elattoneura tetrica (Laidlaw, 1917) (E)

Esme cyaneovittata Fraser, 1922 (E)

Esme longistyla Fraser, 1931 (E)

Esme mudiensis Fraser, 1931 (E)

Indocnemis orang (Förster in Laidlaw, 1907)

Melanoneura agasthyamalaica Chandran, Chandran, Jose & Koparde, 2024 (E)

Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922 (E)

Nososticta nancowra Rajeshkumar, 2018 (E)

Nososticta nicobarica Rajeshkumar, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017 (E)

Onychargia atrocyana (Selys, 1865)

Phylloneura rupestris Chandran, Chandran & Jose, 2024 (E)

Phylloneura westermanni (Selys, 1860) (E)

Platycnemis dealbata Selys, 1863

Prodasineura autumnalis (Fraser, 1922)

Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser, 1922)

Prodasineura verticalis (Selys, 1860)

Pseudocopera ciliata (Selys, 1863)

Pseudocopera superplatypes Fraser, 1927

Epiophlebiidae

Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921

Aeshnidae

Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805

Aeshna petalura Martin, 1906

Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)

Anaciaeschna martini (Selys, 1897)

Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)

Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)

Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842

Anax imperator Leach, 1815

Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942

Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915

Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867

Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)

Cephalaeschna acanthifrons Joshi & Kunte, 2017 (E)

Cephalaeschna acutifrons (Martin, 1909)

Cephalaeschna klapperichi (Schmidt, 1961)

Cephalaeschna masoni (Martin, 1909)

Cephalaeschna orbifrons Selys, 1883

Cephalaeschna patrai Dawn, 2021 (E)

Cephalaeschna triadica Lieftinck, 1977

Cephalaeschna viridifrons (Fraser, 1922)

Gynacantha albistyla Fraser, 1927

Gynacantha andamanae Yeh & Veenakumari, 2000 (E)

Gynacantha anandmati Sawant & Kambli, 2023 (E)

Gynacantha arnaudi Asahina, 1984 (E)

Gynacantha bainbriggei Fraser, 1922 (E)

Gynacantha basiguttata Selys, 1882

Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891

Gynacantha biharica Fraser, 1927 (E)

Gynacantha dravida Lieftinck, 1960

Gynacantha khasiaca McLachlan, 1896

Gynacantha millardi Fraser, 1920

Gynacantha odoneli Fraser, 1922 (E)

Gynacantha pallampurica Lahiri, Sandhu & Walia, 2007 (E)

Gynacantha rammohani Mitra & Lahiri, 1975 (E)

Gynacantha rotundata Navás, 1930 (E)

Gynacantha subinterrupta Rambur, 1842

Gynacanthaeschna sikkima (Karsch, 1891)

Oligoaeschna andamani Chhotani, Lahiri & Mitra, 1983 (E)

Periaeschna flinti Asahina, 1978

Periaeschna magdalena Martin, 1909

Periaeschna nocturnalis Fraser, 1927

Periaeschna unifasciata Fraser, 1935

Petaliaeschna fletcheri Fraser, 1927 (E)

Planaeschna intersedens (Martin, 1909)

Planaeschna poumai Joshi & Kunte, 2017 (E)

Polycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896)

Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896)

Sarasaeschna decorata (Lieftinck, 1968)

Sarasaeschna dosdewaensis Joshi, Sawant, Pawar, Khan, Gassah, Ismavel & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Sarasaeschna khasiana Lieftinck, 1968 (E)

Sarasaeschna martini (Laidlaw, 1921)

Sarasaeschna nuboides Joshi, Sawant, Pawar, Khan, Gassah, Ismavel & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Sarasaeschna speciosa Karube, 1998 (E)

Sarasaeschna sigotaayo Joshi, Sawant, Pawar, Khan, Gassah, Ismavel & Kunte, 2026 (E)

Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan, 1898

Gomphidae

Acrogomphus fraseri Laidlaw, 1925 (E)

Anisogomphus bivittatus Selys, 1854

Anisogomphus caudalis Fraser, 1926

Anisogomphus occipitalis (Selys, 1854)

Anisogomphus orites Laidlaw, 1922

Anormogomphus heteropterus Selys, 1854 (E)

Anormogomphus kiritschenkoi Bartenef, 1913

Asiagomphus nilgiricus (Laidlaw, 1922) (E)

Asiagomphus odoneli (Fraser, 1922)

Asiagomphus personatus (Selys, 1873)

Burmagomphus cauvericus Fraser, 1926 (E)

Burmagomphus chaukulensis Joshi, Ogale & Sawant, 2022 (E)

Burmagomphus divaricatus Lieftinck, 1964

Burmagomphus hasimaricus Fraser, 1926

Burmagomphus laidlawi Fraser, 1924 (E)

Burmagomphus pyramidalis Laidlaw, 1922 (E)

Burmagomphus sivalikensis Laidlaw, 1922 (E)

Cyclogomphus flavoannulatus Rangnekar, Dharwadkar, Sadasivan & Subramanian, 2019 (E)

Cyclogomphus heterostylus Selys, 1854 (E)

Cyclogomphus wilkinsi Fraser, 1926 (E)

Cyclogomphus ypsilon Selys, 1854 (E)

Davidioides martini Fraser, 1924 (E)

Davidius aberrans (Selys, 1873)

Davidius davidii Selys, 1878

Davidius delineatus Fraser, 1926

Davidius kumaonensis Fraser, 1926 (E)

Davidius malloryi Fraser, 1926 (E)

Dubitogomphus bidentatus (Fraser, 1930) (E)

Euthygomphus martini (Fraser, 1922)

Gomphidia fletcheri Fraser, 1923 (E)

Gomphidia ganeshi Chotani, Lahiri & Mitra, 1983 (E)

Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser, 1923 (E)

Gomphidia leonorae Mitra, 1994 (E)

Gomphidia platyceps Fraser, 1953 (E)

Gomphidia podhigai Babu & Subramanian, 2019 (E)

Gomphidia t-nigrum Selys, 1854

Gomphidia williamsoni Fraser, 1923

Heliogomphus kalarensis Fraser, 1934 (E)

Heliogomphus promelas (Selys, 1873) (E)

Heliogomphus selysi Fraser, 1925

Heliogomphus spirillus (Fraser, 1922) (E)

Ictinogomphus angulosus (Selys, 1854)

Ictinogomphus decoratus (Selys, 1854)

Ictinogomphus distinctus Ram, 1985 (E)

Ictinogomphus kishori Ram, 1985

Ictinogomphus pertinax (Selys, 1854)

Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)

Lamelligomphus biforceps (Selys, 1878)

Lamelligomphus nilgiriensis (Fraser, 1922)

Lamelligomphus risi (Fraser, 1922)

Macrogomphus annulatus (Selys, 1854) (E)

Macrogomphus montanus Selys, 1869

Macrogomphus robustus Selys, 1854

Macrogomphus seductus Fraser, 1926

Macrogomphus wynaadicus Fraser, 1924 (E)

Megalogomphus bicornutus Fraser, 1922 (E)

Megalogomphus flavicolor (Fraser, 1923) (E)

Megalogomphus hannyngtoni (Fraser, 1923) (E)

Megalogomphus smithii (Selys, 1854)

Megalogomphus superbus Fraser, 1931 (E)

Melligomphus acinaces (Laidlaw, 1922) (E)

Merogomphus aryanadensis Chandran, Sawant, Chandran, Koparde, Jose & Kunte, 2025 (E)

Merogomphus flavoreductus Chandran, Sawant, Chandran, Koparde, Jose & Kunte, 2025 (E)

Merogomphus longistigma (Fraser, 1922) (E)

Merogomphus tamaracherriensis Fraser, 1931 (E)

Microgomphus souteri Fraser, 1924 (E)

Microgomphus torquatus (Selys, 1854) (E)

Microgomphus verticalis (Selys, 1873) (E)

Nepogomphus modestus (Selys, 1878)

Nepogomphus walli (Fraser, 1924)

Nihonogomphus pulcherrimus (Fraser, 1927)

Nychogomphus duaricus (Fraser, 1924)

Nychogomphus saundersii (Selys, 1854)

Nychogomphus striatus (Fraser, 1924)

Onychogomphus cacharicus Fraser, 1924 (E)

Onychogomphus cerastis (Selys, 1854)

Onychogomphus grammicus (Rambur, 1842) (E)

Onychogomphus malabarensis (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Onychogomphus meghalayanus Lahiri, 1987 (E)

Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert, 1898

Orientogomphus indicus (Lahiri, 1987) (E)

Paragomphus echinoccipitalis (Fraser, 1922) (E)

Paragomphus lindgreni (Fraser, 1923)

Paragomphus lineatus (Selys, 1850)

Perissogomphus stevensi Laidlaw, 1922

Phaenandrogomphus aureus (Laidlaw, 1922) (E)

Platygomphus benritarum Joshi & Mital, 2022 (E)

Platygomphus dolabratus Selys, 1854

Scalmogomphus bistrigatus (Hagen in Selys, 1854)

Scalmogomphus schmidti Fraser, 1937

Stylogomphus inglisi Fraser, 1922

Chlorogomphidae

Chlorogomphus campioni (Fraser, 1924) (E)

Chlorogomphus fraseri St.

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