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Species List of the Dragonflies of Sri Lanka  

Order odonata
Sub-order Zygoptera

Family Calopterygidae
Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vestalis apicalis nigrescen Fraser, 1929

Family Chlorocyphidae
Libellago adami Fraser, 1939
Libellago finalis (Hagen, 1869)
Libellago greeni (Laidlaw, 1924)
Libellago lineata indica (Fraser, 1928)

Family Euphaeidae
Euphaea splendens Hagen 1853

Family Lestidae
Lestes elatus Hagen ,1862
Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929
Sinhalestes orientalis (Hagen, 1862)
Indolestes divisus (Hagen, 1862)
Indolestes gracilis gracilis (Hagen,1862)

Family Coenagrionidae
Agriocnemis femina femina (Brauer, 1868)
Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)
Mortonagrion ceylonicum Lieftinck, 1971
Onychargia atrocyana Selys, 1865
Paracercion malayanum (Selys, 1876)
Enallagma parvum Selys, 1876
Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919
Ischnura aurora aurora (Brauer, 1865)
Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865)
Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798)
Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)
Pseudagrion rubriceps ceylonicum (Kirby, 1891)

Family Platycnemididae
Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842)

Family Platystictidae
Drepanosticta adami (Fraser, 1933)
Drepanosticta austeni Lieftinck, 1940
Drepanosticta brincki Lieftinck, 1971
Drepanosticta digna (Selys, 1960)
Drepanosticta fraseri Lieftinck, 1955
Drepanosticta hilaris (Hagen, 1860)
Drepanosticta lankanensis (Fraser, 1931)
Drepanosticta montana (Hagen, 1860)
Drepanosticta nietneri (Fraser, 1931)
Drepanosticta sinhalensis Lieftinck, 1971
Drepanosticta starmuehlneri St. Quentin, 1972
Drepanosticta submontana (Fraser, 1933)
Drepanosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933)
Drepanosticta tropica (Hagen, 1860)
Drepanosticta walli (Fraser, 1931)
Platysticta apicalis Kirby, 1894
Platysticta maculate Hagen, 1860

Family Protoneuridae
Disparoneura ramajana Lieftinck, 1971
Elattoneura bigemmata Lieftinck 1971
Elattoneura caesia (Hagen, 1860)
Elattoneura centralis (Hagen, 1860)
Elattoneura leucostigma (Fraser, 1933)
Elattoneura tenax (Hagen, 1860)
Prodasineura sita (Kirby, 1894)

Sub-order Anisoptera
Family Gomphidae
Anisogomphus solitaries Lieftinck, 1971
Burmagomphus pyramidalis sinuatus Fraser, 1933
Cyclogomphus gynostylus Fraser, 1926
Megalogomphus ceylonicus (Laidlaw, 1922)
Paragomphus henryi (Laidlaw, 1928)
Heliogomphus ceylonicus (Selys, 1878)
Heliogomphus lyratus Fraser, 1933
Heliogomphus nietneri (Selys, 1878)
Heliogomphus walli Fraser, 1925
Macrogomphus lankanensis Fraser, 1933
Macrogomphus annulatus keiseri Lieftinck, 1955
Microgomphus wijaya Lieftinck, 1940
Gomphidia pearsoni Fraser, 1933
Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842)

Family Aeshnidae
Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Anax immaculifrons Rumbur, 1842
Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942
Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
Gynacantha dravida Lieftinck, 1960
Anaciaeschna donaldi Fraser, 1922

Family Corduliidae
Epophthalmia vittata cyanocephala Hagen, 1867
Macromia flinti Lieftinck, 1977
Macromia zeylanica Fraser, 1927

Family Libellulidae
Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi (Karsch, 1889)
Tetrathemis yerburyii Kirby, 1894
Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)
Cratilla lineata calverti Förster, 1903
Lathrecista asiatica asiatica (Fabricius, 1798)
Orthetrum chrysis (Selys, 1891)
Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)
Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868)
Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum (Rambur, 1842)
Orthetrum sabina Sabina (Drury, 1773)
Orthetrum triangulare triangulare (Selys, 1878)
Potamarcha congener (Rambur, 1842)
Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur, 1842
Brachythemis contaminate (Fabricius, 1793)
Bradinopyga geminate (Rambur, 1842)
Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1770)
Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius, 1793)
Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur,1842)
Indothemis carnatica (Fabricius, 1798)
Indothemis limbata sita Campion 1923
Neurothemis intermedia intermedia (Rumber, 1842)
Neurothemis tullia (Drury, 1773)
Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842)
Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
Trithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839)
Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)
Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889)
Onychothemis tonkinensis ceylanica Ris, 1912
Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1787)
Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889
Rhyothemis variegata variegate (Linnaeus, 1763)
Hydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867)
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
Tramea basilaris burmeisteri Kirby, 1889
Tramea limbata (Desjardins, 1832)
Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)
Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842
Aethriamanta brevipennis brevipennis (Rambur, 1842)
Macrodiplax cora (Kaup, 1867)
Urothemis signata signata (Rambur, 1842)
Zygonyx iris ceylonicum (Kirby, 1905)

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