Diversity and Classification

This systematic checklist of Indian Odonata is based on:

Subramanian, K. A., and Babu, R. 2017. Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India. v. 3.0. Zoological Survey of India, Chennai. pp. 54.

This list is continually updated to accommodate new species descriptions and taxonomic revisions. Species are arranged alphabetically by suborder, family and genus. For comments, suggestions or further information contact Shantanu Joshi.

ORDER: ODONATA Fabricius, 1793

SUBORDER: ZYGOPTERA Selys, 1854

SUPERFAMILY: LESTOIDEA Calvert, 1901

Family: Lestidae Calvert, 1901

Indolestes assamicus Fraser, 1930
Indolestes birmanus (Selys, 1891)
Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)
Indolestes davenporti (Fraser, 1930)
Indolestes gracilis (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
Indolestes indicus Fraser, 1922
Indolestes pulcherrimus (Fraser, 1924)
Indolestes tenuissimus (Tillyard, 1906)
Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924
Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862 – Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes garoensis Lahiri, 1987
Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929
Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924
Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891
Lestes patricia Fraser, 1924
Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Lestes thoracicus Laidlaw, 1920
Lestes umbrinus Selys, 1891 – Brown Spreadwing
Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842 – Emerald-striped Spreadwing
Orolestes durga Lahiri, 1987
Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895
Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842)
Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877) – Siberian Winter Damsel

Family: Synlestidae Tillyard, 1917
Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926
Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985
Megalestes lieftincki Lahiri, 1979
Megalestes major Selys, 1862 – Giant Green Spreadwing
Megalestes micans Needham, 1930
Megalestes raychoudhurii Lahiri, 1987

SUPERFAMILY: PLATYSTICTOIDEA

Family: Platystictidae
Drepanosticta annandalei Fraser, 1924
Drepanosticta carmichaeli (Laidlaw, 1915) – Indo-Chinese Blue Reedtail
Drepanosticta polychromatica Fraser, 1931
Indosticta deccanensis (Laidlaw, 1915) – Saffron Reedtail
Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931
Protosticta damacornu Terzani and Carletti, 1998
Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931 – Anamalai Reedtail
Protosticta fraseri Kennedy, 1936
Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915 – Pied Reedtail
Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922
Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw, 1917
Protosticta monticola Emiliyamma & Palot, 2016
Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte, 2015 – Travancore Reedtail
Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958
Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922 – Red-Spot Reedtail

SUPERFAMILY: CALOPTERYGOIDEA Selys, 1850

Family: Calopterygidae Selys, 1850
Caliphaea confusa Hagen in Selys, 1859
Echo margarita Selys, 1853
Matrona basilaris Selys, 1853
Matrona nigripectus Selys, 1879
Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vestalaria smaragdina (Selys, 1879)
Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873
Vestalis gracilis (Rambur, 1842)
Vestalis submontana Fraser, 1934

Family: Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937
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)
Heliocypha biforata (Selys, 1859)
Heliocypha bisignata (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
Heliocypha perforata (Percheron, 1835)
Heterocypha vitrinella (Fraser, 1935)
Indocypha vittata (Selys, 1891)
Libellago andamanensis (Fraser, 1924)
Libellago aurantiaca (Selys, 1859)
Libellago balus Hämäläinen, 2002
Libellago blanda (Hagen in Selys, 1853)
Libellago indica (Fraser, 1928)
Libellago lineata (Burmeister, 1839)
Paracypha unimaculata (Selys, 1853)
Rhinocypha ignipennis Selys, 1879
Rhinocypha trimaculata Selys, 1853

Family: Euphaediae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
Anisopleura comes Hagen, 1880
Anisopleura lestoides Selys, 1853
Anisopleura subplatystyla Fraser, 1927
Anisopleura vallei St. Quentin, 1937
Bayadera hyalina Selys, 1879
Bayadera indica (Selys, 1853)
Bayadera kali Cowley, 1936
Bayadera longicauda Fraser, 1928
Dysphaea ethela Fraser, 1924
Dysphaea walli Fraser, 1927
Dysphaea gloriosa Fraser, 1938
Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
Euphaea cardinalis (Fraser, 1924)
Euphaea dispar (Rambur, 1842)
Euphaea fraseri (Laidlaw, 1920)
Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879
Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859
Schmidtiphaea chittaranjani (Lahiri, 2003)
Schmidtiphaea schmidi Asahina, 1978

Family: Philogangidae Kennedy, 1920
Philoganga montana (Hagen in Selys, 1859)

SUPERFAMILY: COENAGRIONOIDEA Kirby, 1890

Family: Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890
Aciagrion approximans (Selys, 1876)
Aciagrion azureum Fraser, 1922
Aciagrion borneense Ris, 1911
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
Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877
Agriocnemis nana (Laidlaw, 1914)
Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919
Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)
Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919
Amphiallagma parvum (Selys, 1876)
Archibasis oscillans (Selys, 1877)
Argiocnemis rubescens Selys, 1877
Ceriagrion aeruginosum (Brauer, 1869)
Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922
Ceriagrion azureum (Selys, 1891)
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)
Ceriagrion chromothorax Joshi & Sawant, 2019
Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)
Ceriagrion fallax Ris, 1914
Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
Ceriagrion praetermissum Lieftinck, 1929
Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916
Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
Enallagma insula Fraser, 1920
Himalagrion exclamationis Fraser, 1919
Ischnura aurora (Brauer, 1865)
Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
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 varralli Fraser, 1920
Paracercion calamorum (Ris,1916)
Paracercion malayanum (Selys, 1876)
Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion bidentatum Morton, 1907
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 pilidorsum (Brauer, 1868)
Pseudagrion pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)
Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922
Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser, 1922

Family: Platycnemididae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
Burmargiolestes laidlawi Lieftinck, 1960
Caconeura gomphoides (Rambur, 1842)
Caconeura obscura (Fraser, 1933)
Caconeura ramburi (Fraser, 1922)
Caconeura risi (Fraser, 1931)
Caconeura t-coerulea (Fraser, 1933)
Calicnemia carminea Lieftinck, 1984
Calicnemia erythromelas (Selys, 1891)
Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863)
Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948
Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)
Calicnemia miniata (Selys, 1886)
Calicnemia mortoni (Laidlaw, 1917)
Calicnemia mukherjeei Lahiri, 1976
Calicnemia pulverulans (Selys, 1886)
Calicnemia sudhaae Mitra, 1994
Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw, 1914
Coeliccia didyma (Selys, 1863)
Coeliccia dorothea Fraser, 1933
Coeliccia fraseri Laidlaw, 1932
Coeliccia loogali Fraser in Laidlaw, 1932
Coeliccia prakritiae Lahiri, 1985
Coeliccia renifera (Selys, 1886)
Coeliccia rossi Asahina, 1985
Coeliccia rotundata Asahina, 1984
Coeliccia sarbottama Lahiri, 1987
Coeliccia schmidti Asahina, 1984
Coeliccia svihleri Asahina, 1970
Coeliccia vacca Laidlaw, 1932
Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)
Copera vittata Selys, 1863
Disparoneura apicalis (Fraser, 1924)
Disparoneura quadrimaculata (Rambur, 1842)
Elattoneura atkinsoni (Selys, 1886)
Elattoneura campioni (Fraser, 1922)
Elattoneura coomansi Lieftinck, 1937
Elattoneura nigerrima (Laidlaw, 1917)
Elattoneura nihari Mitra, 1995
Elattoneura souteri (Fraser, 1924)
Elattoneura tetrica (Laidlaw, 1917)
Esme cyaneovittata Fraser, 1922
Esme longistyla Fraser, 1931
Esme mudiensis Fraser, 1931
Indocnemis orang (Förster in Laidlaw, 1907)
Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922
Nosoticta nicobarica Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
Onychargia atrocyana (Selys, 1865)
Phylloneura westermanni (Hagen in Selys, 1860)
Platycnemis dealbata Selys in Selys & Hagen, 1850
Prodasineura autumnalis (Fraser, 1922)
Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser, 1924)
Prodasineura verticalis (Selys, 1860)
Pseudocopera ciliata (Selys, 1863)
Pseudocopera superplatypes (Fraser, 1927)

SUBORDER: ANISOZYGOPTERA Handlirsch, 1906

SUPERFAMILY: Epiophlebioidea Muttkowski, 1910

Family: Epiophlebidae Muttkowski, 1910
Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921

SUBORDER: ANISOPTERA

SUPERFAMILY: AESHNOIDEA Leach, 1815

Family: Aeshnidae Leach, 1815
Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
Aeshna petalura Martin, 1908
Anaciaeschna donaldi Fraser, 1922
Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)
Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
Anax imperator Leach, 1815
Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942
Anax nigrolineatus Fraser, 1935
Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867
Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
Cephalaeschna acutifrons (Martin, 1909)
Cephalaeschna acanthifrons Joshi & Kunte, 2017
Cephalaeschna klapperichi Schmidt, 1961
Cephalaeschna masoni (Martin, 1909)
Cephalaeschna orbifrons Selys, 1883
Cephalaeschna viridifrons (Fraser, 1922)
Gynacantha albistyla Fraser, 1927
Gynacantha andamanae Yeh & Veenakumari, 2000
Gynacantha apicalis Fraser, 1924
Gynacantha arnaudi Asahina, 1984
Gynacantha bainbriggei Fraser, 1922
Gynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891
Gynacantha biharica Fraser, 1927
Gynacantha dravida Lieftinck, 1960
Gynacantha khasiaca MacLachlan, 1896
Gynacantha odoneli Fraser, 1922
Gynacantha palampurica Lahiri & Walia, 2007
Gynacantha rammohani Mitra & Lahiri, 1975
Gynacantha subinterrupta Rambur, 1842
Gynacanthaeschna sikkima (Karsch, 1891)
Oligoaeschna andamani Chhotani, Lahiri & Mitra, 1983
Periaeschna flinti Asahina, 1978
Periaeschna lebasi Navas, 1930
Periaeschna magdalena Martin, 1909
Periaeschna nocturnalis Fraser, 1927
Periaeschna unifasciata Fraser, 1935
Petaliaeschna fletcheri Fraser, 1927
Planaeschna intersedens (Martin, 1909)
Planaeschna poumai Joshi & Kunte, 2017
Polycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896)
Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896)
Sarasaeschna decorata (Lieftinck, 1968)
Sarasaeschna khasiana (Lieftinck, 1968)
Sarasaeschna martini (Laidlaw, 1921)
Sarasaeschna speciosa (Karube, 1998)
Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan, 1898

SUPERFAMILY: GOMPHOIDEA Rambur, 1842

Family: Gomphidae Rambur, 1842
Acrogomphus fraseri Laidlaw, 1925
Anisogomphus bivittatus Selys, 1854
Anisogomphus caudalis Fraser, 1926
Anisogomphus occipitalis (Selys, 1854)
Anisogomphus orites Laidlaw, 1922
Anormogomphus heteropterus Selys, 1854
Anormogomphus kiritschenkoi Bartenev, 1913
Asiagomphus nilgiricus (Laidlaw, 1922)
Asiagomphus odoneli (Fraser, 1922)
Asiagomphus personatus (Selys, 1873)
Burmagomphus cauvericus Fraser, 1926
Burmagomphus divaricatus Lieftinck, 1964
Burmagomphus hasimaricus Fraser, 1926
Burmagomphus laidlawi Fraser, 1924
Burmagomphus pyramidalis Laidlaw, 1922
Burmagomphus sivalikensis Laidlaw, 1922
Cyclogomphus flavoannulatus Rangnekar et al. 2019
Cyclogomphus heterostylus Selys, 1854
Cyclogomphus vesiculosus Selys, 1873
Cyclogomphus wilkinsi Fraser, 1926
Cyclogomphus ypsilon Selys, 1854
Davidioides martini Fraser, 1924
Davidius aberrans (Selys, 1873)
Davidius davidii davidii Selys, 1878
Davidius kumaonensis Fraser, 1926
Davidius malloryi Fraser, 1926
Davidius zallorensis Hagen in Selys, 1878
Dubitogomphus bidentatus (Fraser, 1930)
Euthygomphus martini (Fraser, 1922)
Gomphidia fletcheri Fraser, 1923
Gomphidia ganeshi Chotani, Lahiri & Mitra, 1983
Gomphidia kodaguensis Fraser, 1923
Gomphidia leonorae Mitra, 1994
Gomphidia platyceps Fraser, 1953
Gomphidia podhigai Babu & Subramanian 2019
Gomphidia t-nigrum Selys, 1854
Gomphidia williamsoni Fraser, 1923
Heliogomphus kalarensis Fraser, 1934
Heliogomphus promelas (Selys, 1873)
Heliogomphus selysi Fraser, 1925
Ictinogomphus spirillus (Fraser, 1922)
Ictinogomphus angulosus (Selys, 1854)
Ictinogomphus decoratus (Selys, 1854)
Ictinogomphus distinctus Ram, 1985
Ictinogomphus kishori Ram, 1985
Ictinogomphus pertinax (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
Lamelligomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)
Macrogomphus kalarensis Fraser, 1934
Macrogomphus annulatus (Selys, 1854)
Macrogomphus kalarensis Fraser, 1934
Macrogomphus montanus Selys, 1869
Macrogomphus robustus Selys,1854
Macrogomphus seductus Fraser, 1926
Macrogomphus wynaadicus Fraser, 1924
Megalogomphus bicornutus (Fraser, 1922)
Megalogomphus flavicolor (Fraser, 1923)
Megalogomphus hannyngtoni (Fraser, 1923)
Megalogomphus smithii (Selys, 1854)
Megalogomphus superbus Fraser, 1931
Merogomphus longistigma (Fraser, 1922)
Merogomphus tamaracherriensis Fraser, 1931
Microgomphus souteri Fraser, 1924
Microgomphus torquatus (Selys, 1854)
Microgomphus verticalis (Selys, 1873)
Nepogomphus modestus (Selys, 1878)
Nepogomphus walli (Fraser, 1924)
Nychogomphus duaricus (Fraser, 1924)
Nychogomphus striatus (Fraser, 1924)
Onychogomphus acinaces Laidlaw, 1922
Onychogomphus cacharicus (Fraser, 1924)
Onychogomphus grammicus (Rambur, 1842)
Onychogomphus malabarensis (Fraser, 1924)
Onychogomphus meghalayanus Lahiri, 1987
Onychogomphus nilgiriensis Fraser, 1922
Onychogomphus risi (Fraser, 1922)
Onychogomphus saundersii Selys, 1854
Onychogomphus schmidti Fraser, 1937
Ophiogomphus cerastis Selys, 1854
Ophiogomphus reductus Calvert, 1898
Orientogomphus indicus (Lahiri, 1987)
Paragomphus echinoccipitalis (Fraser, 1922)
Paragomphus lindgreni (Fraser, 1923)
Paragomphus lineatus (Selys, 1850)
Perissogomphus stevensi Laidlaw, 1922
Phaenandrogomphus aureus (Laidlaw, 1922)
Platygomphus dolabratus Selys, 1854
Scalmogomphus bistrigatus (Hagen in Selys, 1854)
Stylogomphus inglisi Fraser, 1922

SUPERFAMILY: CORDULAGASTEROIDEA Hagen, 1875

Family: Chlorogomphidae Needham, 1903
Chlorogomphus campioni (Fraser, 1924)
Chlorogomphus fraseri St. Quentin, 1936
Chlorogomphus mortoni Fraser, 1936
Chlorogomphus preciosus (Fraser, 1924)
Chlorogomphus schmidti Asahina, 1986
Chlorogomphus xanthoptera (Fraser, 1919)
Chloropetalia selysi (Fraser, 1929)
Watanabeopetalia atkinsoni (Selys, 1878)

Family: Cordulagasteridae Hagen, 1875
Anotogaster basalis Selys, 1854
Anotogaster gregoryi Fraser,1924
Anotogaster nipalensis (Selys, 1854)
Cordulegaster brevistigma Selys, 1854
Cordulegaster parvistigma (Selys, 1873)
Neallogaster hermionae (Fraser, 1927)
Neallogaster latifrons (Selys, 1878)
Neallogaster ornata Asahina, 1982
Neallogaster schmidti Asahina, 1982

SUPERFAMILY: LIBELLULOIDEA Leach, 1815

Family: Cordullidae Selys, 1850
Hemicordulia asiatica Selys, 1878
Somatochlora daviesi Lieftinck, 1977

Family: Libellulidae Leach, 1815
Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842
Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)
Agrionoptera insignis (Rambur, 1842)
Agrionoptera curvistyla Selys, 1891
Agrionoptera vacillans Selys, 1891
Brachydiplax chalybea Brauer, 1868
Brachydiplax farinosa Krüger, 1902
Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius, 1793)
Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842)
Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)
Cratilla lineata (Brauer, 1878)
Cratilla metallica (Brauer, 1878)
Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
Crocothemis servilia (Drury, 1770)
Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)
Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)
Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)
Epithemis mariae (Laidlaw, 1915)
Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)
Hylaeothemis gardeneri Fraser, 1927
Hylaeothemis indica Fraser, 1946
Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798)
Indothemis limbata (Selys, 1891)
Lathrecista asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)
Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
Lyriothemis acigastra (Selys, 1878)
Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur, 1842)
Lyriothemis cleis Brauer, 1868
Lyriothemis tricolor Ris, 1919
Macrodiplax cora (Brauer, 1867)
Nannophya pygmaea Rambur, 1842
Nesoxenia lineata (Selys, 1868)
Neurothemis degener Selys, 1879
Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)
Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)
Neurothemis intermedia (Rambur, 1842)
Neurothemis ramburi (Braur, 1866)
Neurothemis tullia (Drury, 1773)
Onychothemis testacea Laidlaw, 1902
Orthetrum anceps (Schneider, 1845)
Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)
Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)
Orthetrum internum McLachlan, 1894
Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)
Orthetrum martensi Asahina, 1978
Orthetrum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)
Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1770)
Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845)
Orthetrum testaceaum (Burmeister, 1839)
Orthetrum triangulare (Selys, 1878)
Palpopleura sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1787)
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)
Pseudothemis zonata (Burmeister, 1839)
Pseudotramea prateri prateri Fraser, 1920
Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842)
Rhyothemis phyllis (Sulzer, 1776)
Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883
Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889
Rhyothemis variegata (Linnaeus, 1763)
Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)
Sympetrum arenicolor Jödicke, 1994
Sympetrum commixtum (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum durum Bartenev, 1916
Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
Sympetrum haritonovi Borisov, 1983
Sympetrum himalayanum Navas, 1934
Sympetrum hypomelas (Selys, 1884)
Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
Sympetrum orientale (Selys, 1883)
Sympetrum speciosum Oguma, 1915
Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878
Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)
Tramea basilaris (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
Tramea eurybia Selys, 1878
Tramea limbata (Desjardins, 1832)
Tramea transmarina Brauer, 1867
Tramea virginia (Rambur, 1842)
Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)
Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)
Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891
Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889)
Urothemis signata (Rambur, 1842)
Zygonyx iris Selys, 1869
Zygonyx torridus (Kirby,1889)
Zyxomma obtusum Albarda, 1881
Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842

Family: Macromiidae Needham, 1903
Epophthalmia frontalis Selys, 1871
Epophthalmia vittata Burmeister, 1839
Epophthalmia vittigera (Rambur, 1842)
Macromia annaimalaiensis Fraser, 1931
Macromia bellicosa Fraser, 1924
Macromia cingulata Rambur, 1842
Macromia cupricincta Fraser, 1924
Macromia ellisoni Fraser, 1924
Macromia flavicincta Selys, 1874
Macromia flavocolorata Fraser, 1922
Macromia flavovittata Fraser, 1935
Macromia ida Fraser, 1924
Macromia indica Fraser, 1924
Macromia irata Fraser, 1924
Macromia moorei Selys, 1874
Macromia pallida Fraser, 1924
Macromia whitei Selys, 1871

Family: Synthemistidae Tillyard, 1917
Idionyx corona Fraser, 1921
Idionyx galeata Fraser, 1924
Idionyx gomantakensis Subramanian, Rangnaker and Nayak, 2013
Idionyx imbricata Fraser, 1926
Idionyx intricata Fraser, 1926
Idionyx minima Fraser, 1931
Idionyx nadganiensis Fraser, 1924
Idionyx nilgiriensis (Fraser, 1918)
Idionyx optata Selys, 1878
Idionyx periyashola Fraser, 1939
Idionyx rhinoceroides Fraser, 1934
Idionyx saffronata Fraser, 1924
Idionyx stevensi Fraser, 1924
Idionyx travancorensis Fraser, 1931
Macromidia donaldi (Fraser, 1924)

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