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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. . 2023. Diversity And Classification. In Joshi, S., P. Dawn, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (eds.). Odonata of India, v. 1.57. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.