List of Odonata species of India

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.[1]

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

Lestidae

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

Calopterygidae

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

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)[5]
  • Calicnemia arunachala Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)[5]
  • Calicnemia doonensis Sangal & Tyagi, 1984 (E)
  • Calicnemia erythromelas (Selys, 1891)
  • Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)
  • Calicnemia flavovittata Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)[5]
  • Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948
  • Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)
  • Calicnemia mimumkoa Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)[5]
  • Calicnemia miniata (Selys, 1886)
  • Calicnemia mortoni (Laidlaw, 1917)
  • Calicnemia mukherjeei Lahiri, 1976 (E)
  • Calicnemia naga Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)[5]
  • Calicnemia nipalica Kimmins, 1958 (E)
  • Calicnemia pulverulans (Selys, 1886)
  • Calicnemia rubromacula Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E)[5]
  • 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)[5]
  • 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

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[6]
  • 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)[7]
  • Sarasaeschna khasiana Lieftinck, 1968 (E)
  • Sarasaeschna martini (Laidlaw, 1921)
  • Sarasaeschna nuboides Joshi, Sawant, Pawar, Khan, Gassah, Ismavel & Kunte, 2026 (E)[7]
  • Sarasaeschna speciosa Karube, 1998 (E)
  • Sarasaeschna sigotaayo Joshi, Sawant, Pawar, Khan, Gassah, Ismavel & Kunte, 2026 (E)[7]
  • 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)[8]
  • Merogomphus flavoreductus Chandran, Sawant, Chandran, Koparde, Jose & Kunte, 2025 (E)[8]
  • 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. Quentin, 1936 (E)
  • Chlorogomphus mortoni Fraser, 1936
  • Chlorogomphus preciosus (Fraser, 1924)
  • Chlorogomphus schmidti Asahina, 1986 (E)
  • Chlorogomphus xanthoptera (Fraser, 1919) (E)
  • Chloropetalia selysi (Fraser, 1929)
  • Watanabeopetalia atkinsoni (Selys, 1878)

Cordulegasteridae

  • Anotogaster basilis Selys, 1854
  • Anotogaster gregoryi Fraser, 1924
  • Anotogaster nipalensis Selys, 1854
  • Cordulegaster brevistigma (Selys, 1854)
  • Cordulegaster parvistigma (Selys, 1873) (E)
  • Neallogaster hermionae (Fraser, 1927)
  • Neallogaster latifrons (Selys, 1878)
  • Neallogaster ornata (Asahina, 1982)
  • Neallogaster schmidti Asahina, 1982

Corduliidae

Libellulidae

Macromiidae

Idionychidae

Macromidiidae

References

  1. ↑ Subramanian, K. A.; Babu, R. (2025). "Checklist of Fauna of India: Arthropoda: Insecta: Odonata" (PDF). Checklist of Fauna of India – via Zoological Survey of India.
  2. ↑ Haneef, Koolikkunnu Abdul Razak Muhammed; Chandran, Ayikkara Vivek; Sawant, Dattaprasad; Beevi, Yousuf Pachani Maimoonath; Koparde, Pankaj; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2025-11-26). "Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa. 5723 (3): 359–383. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. ↑ Sawant, Dattaprasad; Joshi, Shantanu; Pawar, Ujwala; Nawge, Viraj; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2025-05-20). "Caliphaea sinuofurcata sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India". Zootaxa. 5637 (1): 139–154. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ↑ Christopher, John I.; Babu, Rajappa; Subramanian, Kumarapuram A. (2026-06-10). "A new species of Mortonagrion Fraser, 1920 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from the Andaman Islands, India". Zootaxa. 5828 (3): 563–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5828.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sawant, Dattaprasad; Joshi, Shantanu; Pawar, Ujwala; Khan, Fahim; Nawge, Viraj; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2026-02-25). "Six new species of Calicnemia Strand, 1926 and one new species of Coeliccia Kirby, 1890 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from northeastern India". Zootaxa. 5760 (4): 401–449. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5760.4.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ↑ R. Mahesh; Gopinath, Rajesh; Sawant, Dattaprasad; Joshi, Gaurav; Upadhaya, Roshan (2026-08-26). "New addition to the Odonata fauna of India: Gynacantha basiguttata Selys, 1882 (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from Arunachal Pradesh – a rectification". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 18 (8): 29548–29551. doi:10.11609/jott.10706.18.8.29548-29551. ISSN 0974-7907.
  7. 1 2 3 Joshi, Shantanu; Sawant, Dattaprasad; Pawar, Ujwala; Khan, Fahim; Gassah, Rejoice; Ismavel, Vijay Anand; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2026-04-21). "Three new species of Sarasaeschna Karube & Yeh, 2001 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from northeastern India; with a new record of Sarasaeschna khasiana (Lieftinck, 1968)". Zootaxa. 5796 (2): 261–288. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5796.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
  8. 1 2 Chandran, Ayikkara Vivek; Sawant, Dattaprasad; Chandran, Reji; Koparde, Pankaj; Jose, Subin Kaniyamattathil; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2025-02-14). "Two new species of Merogomphus Martin, 1904 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa. 5588 (2): 201–226. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  9. ↑ "Description of Lyriothemis keralensis sp. n. from the southwestern coast of India". Worldwide Dragonfly Association. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
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