List of Odonata species of India explained

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 (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Anaciaeschna kashimirensis

• Anax
  • Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
  • 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 (Selys, 1839)
• 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, 1909
• Hemianax
  • Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
• 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 (Martin, 1909)
• Polycanthagyna
  • Polycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896)
  • Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896)
• Tetracanthagyna
  • Tetracanthagyna waterhousei McLachlan, 1898

Calopterygidae

• Caliphaea
  • Caliphaea confusa Hagen in Selys, 1859
• Echo
  • Echo margarita margarita
  • Echo margarita tripartita
• Matrona
  • Matrona basilaris nigripectus Selys, 1879
• Neurobasis
  • Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vestalis
  • Vestalis apicalis apicalis Selys, 1873
  • Vestalis apicalis submontana Fraser, 1934
  • Vestalis gracilis gracilis (Rambur, 1842)
  • Vestalis gracilis montana Fraser, 1934
  • Vestalis smaragdina smaragdina Selys, 1879

Chlorocyphidae

• Calocypha
  • Calocypha laidlawi
• Indocypha
  • Indocypha vittata (Selys, 1891)
• Libellago
  • Libellago lineata andamanensis
  • Libellago lineata blanda
  • Libellago lineata indica
  • Libellago lineata lineata (Burmeister, 1839)

• 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 (Selys, 1878)
  • 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 (Selys, 1876)
  • Aciagrion hisopa krishna
  • Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
  • Aciagrion olympicum
  • Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891
  • Aciagrion tillyardi Laidlaw, 1919
• Agriocnemis
  • Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922
  • Agriocnemis corbeti
  • Agriocnemis dabreui
  • Agriocnemis femina femina (Brauer, 1868)
  • Agriocnemis kelarensis
  • Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877
  • Agriocnemis pieris
  • Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)

• • Agriocnemis splendidissima
• Archibasis
  • Archibasis oscillans (Selys, 1877)
• Argiocnemis
  • Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys 1877
• Cercion
  • Cercion calamorum dyeri (Fraser, 1919)
  • Cercion malayanum (Selys. 1876)

• Ceriagrion
  • Ceriagrion azureum (Selys. 1891)
  • Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)

• • Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
  • Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Ceriagrion fallax cerinomelas Lieftinck, 1927
  • Ceriagrion fallax pendleburyi Laidlaw, 1931
  • Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914
  • Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916
• Coenagrion
  • Coenagrion kashmirum
• Enallagma
  • Enallagma cyathigerum cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
  • 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 (Vander Linden,1820)
  • Ischnura forcipata
  • Ischnura immsi
  • Ischnura inarmata
  • Ischnura patricia
  • Ischnura pumillo
  • Ischnura rubilio
  • Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876
  • Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)
• Mortonagrion
  • Mortonagrion aborense (Laidlaw, 1914)
  • Mortonagrion varralli
• Onychargia
  • Onychargia atrocyana (Selys, 1865)

• Pseudagrion
  • Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
  • Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876
  • 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 pruinosum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839)
  • Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps Selys, 1876
  • Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922
• Pyrrhosoma
  • 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, 1948
• Hemicordulia
  • 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 (Hagen in Selys, 1859)

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, 1938
• Euphaea
  • Euphaea cardinalis
  • Euphaea dispar
  • Euphaea fraseri
  • Euphaea masoni Selys, 1879
  • Euphaea ochracea brunnea
  • Euphaea ochracea ochracea Selys, 1859
• Schmidtiphaea
  • 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 (Martin, 1904)
• 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 (Selys,1854)
  • Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)
• 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 (Fraser. 1924)
• 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, 1898
• Paragomphus
  • 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 (Fabricius, 1798)
  • 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, 1842
• Orolestes
  • Orolestes durga
  • Orolestes motis
  • Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895
• Sympecma
  • Sympecma annulata annulata
  • Sympecma kashmirensis

Libellulidae

• Acisoma
  • Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur, 1842
• Aethriamanta
  • Aethriamanta brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)
• Agrionoptera
  • Agrionoptera insignis dorothea
  • Agrionoptera insignis insignis (Rambur, 1842)
• Amphithemis
  • Amphithemis curvistyla Selys, 1891
  • Amphithemis vacillans
• Brachydiplax
  • Brachydiplax chalybea chalybea Brauer, 1868

• • Brachydiplax farinosa Krüger, 1902
  • Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
• Brachythemis
  • Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius,1793)

• Bradinopyga
  • Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842)

• • Bradinopyga saintjohanni
• Camacinia
  • Camacinia gigantea (Brauer, 1867)
• Crocothemis
  • Crocothemis erythraea erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
  • Crocothemis misrai
  • Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1770)

• Diplacodes
  • Diplacodes lefebvrii
  • Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)

• Epithemis
  • Epithemis mariae
• Hydrobasileus
  • Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)
• Hylaeothemis
  • Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi apicalis
  • Hylaeothemis gardeneri
• Indothemis
  • Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798)

• • Indothemis limbata sita
• Lathrecista
  • Lathrecista asiatica asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)
• Libellula
  • Libellula quadrimaculata gregorievi
• Lyriothemis
  • Lyriothemis acigastra
  • Lyriothemis bivittata
  • Lyriothemis tricolor Ris, 1919
• Macrodiplax
  • Macrodiplax cora (Brauer,1867)
• Nannophya
  • Nannophya katrainensis Singh, 1955
• Nesoxenia
  • Nesoxenia lineata
• Neurothemis
  • Neurothemis fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Neurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773)

• • Neurothemis intermedia atalanta Ris, 1919
  • Neurothemis intermedia degener Selys, 1879
  • Neurothemis intermedia intermedia (Rambur, 1842)
  • Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury, 1773)

• Onychothemis
  • Onychothemis testacea ceylanica

• Orthetrum
  • Orthetrum anceps (Schneider, 1845)
  • Orthetrum brunneum brunneum
  • Orthetrum cancellatum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Orthetrum cancellatum kraepelini
  • Orthetrum chandrabali
  • Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)
  • Orthetrum ganeshii
  • Orthetrum garhwalicum
  • Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)
  • Orthetrum guptai
  • Orthetrum japonicum internum McLachlan, 1894
  • Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)

• • Orthetrum martensi
  • Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum (Rambur, 1842)
  • Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury, 1770)

• • Orthetrum taeniolatum
  • Orthetrum triangulare triangulare (Selys, 1878)
• Palpopleura
  • Palpopleura sexmaculata octomaculata
  • Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Pantala
  • Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
• Potamarcha
  • Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)

• Pseudotramea
  • Pseudotramea prateri Fraser, 1920
• Rhodothemis
  • Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842)
• Rhyothemis
  • Rhyothemis obsolescens Kirby, 1889
  • Rhyothemis plutonia Selys, 1883
  • Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889
  • Rhyothemis variegata variegata (Linnaeus, 1763)

• Selysiothemis
  • Selysiothemis nigra (Van derLinden, 1825)
• Sympetrum
  • Sympetrum commixtum (Selys, 1884)
  • Sympetrum durum Bartenef, 1916
  • Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
  • Sympetrum haematoneura Fraser, 1924
  • Sympetrum himalayanum Navas, 1934
  • Sympetrum hypomelas (Selys, 1884)
  • Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
  • Sympetrum orientale (Selys, 1883)
  • Sympetrum vulgatum flavum (Bartenef, 1915)
• Tetrathemis
  • Tetrathemis platyptera Selys, 1878

• Tholymis
  • Coral-tailed Cloudwing Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)

• Tramea
  • Tramea basilaris burmeisteri Kirby,1889
  • Tramea eurybia eurybia
  • Tramea limbata similata
  • Tramea stylata
  • Tramea virginia (Rambur, 1842)
• Trithemis
  • Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)

• • Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)

• • Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi (Selys, 1891)
  • Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889)

• Urothemis
  • Urothemis signata signata (Rambur, 1842)

• 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 (Selys, 1863)
  • Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948
  • Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917)
  • Calicnemia miniata
  • Calicnemia mortoni
  • Calicnemia mukherjeei
  • Calicnemia pulverulans
• Coeliccia
  • Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw, 1914
  • Coeliccia didyma didyma (Selys, 1863)
  • 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 (Selys, 1863)
  • Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)
  • Copera superplatypes
  • Copera vittata assamensis
  • Copera vittata deccanensis
  • Copera vittata serapica
• Indocnemis
  • Indocnemis orang Föster in Laidlaw, 1907
• Platycnemis
  • Platycnemis dealbata (Geoffroy in Selys and Hagen, 1850)

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 (Fraser, 1922)
  • Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser, 1924)
  • Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis (Fraser, 1924)
  • Prodasineura verticalis annandalei (Fraser, 1921)

Synlestidae

• Megalestes
  • Megalestes irma
  • Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985
  • Megalestes lieftincki
  • Megalestes major
  • Megalestes micans
  • Megalestes raychoudhurii

References

• Subramanian, K.A.; Babu, R. (2017). Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India. Version 3.0. zsi.gov.in.
• Prasad, M. & Varshney R.K. (1995). A checklist of the Odonata of India including data on larval studies. Oriental Insects 29: 385-428.
• K.A.Subramanian (2005) Dragonflies and Damselflies of India-A field guide (PDF).

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20091027105941/http://geocities.com/indianodonata/check_list.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070928145929/http://www.asia-dragonfly.net/odonataHelp.php?Level=60&ORR=262144
• http://www.greenexplorer.com/
• DragonflyIndia Yahoo group