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.
198 species of Odonata are endemic to India. These endemic species are marked with (E).
Lestidae
Indolestes assamicus Fraser, 1930 (E) Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862) Indolestes gracilis (Hagen in Selys, 1862) Indolestes indicus Fraser, 1922 (E) Indolestes pulcherrimus Fraser, 1924 (E) Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798) Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862 Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924 Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862 Lestes garoensis Lahiri, 1987 (E) Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929 Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 Lestes paloti Nair, George, Samuel & Sadasivan, 2026 (E) Lestes patricia Fraser, 1924 Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862 Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842 Orolestes durga Lahiri, 1987 (E) Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895 Platylestes kirani Emiliyamma, Jafer & Charesh, 2020 (E) Platylestes platystylus Rambur, 1842 Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)
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
Drepanosticta annandalei Fraser, 1924 (E) Drepanosticta carmichaeli (Laidlaw, 1915) Drepanosticta polychromatica Fraser, 1931 Indosticta deccanensis (Laidlaw, 1915) (E) Protosticta anamalaica Sadasivan, Nair & Samuel, 2022 (E) Protosticta armageddonia Chandran, Payra, Deshpande & Koparde, 2023 Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931 (E) Protosticta cyanofemora Joshi, Subramanian, Babu & Kunte, 2020 (E) Protosticta damacornu Terzani & Carletti, 1998 (E) Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931 (E) Protosticta francyi Sadasivan, Vibhu, Nair & Palot, 2022 (E) Protosticta fraseri Kennedy, 1936 (E) Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915 (E) Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922 (E) Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw, 1917 Protosticta khasia Joshi & Sarkar, 2024 (E) Protosticta monticola Emiliyamma & Palot, 2016 (E) Protosticta mortoni Fraser, 1924 (E) Protosticta myristicaensis Joshi & Kunte, 2020 (E) Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kalesh & Kunte, 2015 (E) Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958 (E) Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922 (E) Protosticta samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023 Protosticta sexcolorata Chandran, Muneer, Madhavan & Jose, 2024 (E) Protosticta sholai Subramanian & Babu, 2020 (E) Protosticta sooryaprakashi Haneef, Chandran, Sawant, Beevi & Kunte, 2025 (E) Yunnanosticta siangi Joshi, Sawant & Kunte, 2024 (E)
Calopterygidae
Caliphaea confusa Hagen in Selys, 1859 Caliphaea sinuofurcata Sawant, Joshi & Kunte, 2025 (E) Echo margarita Selys, 1853 Echo perornata Yu & Hämäläinen, 2012 Matrona nigripectus Selys, 1879 Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Vestalaria smaragdina (Selys, 1879) Vestalis apicalis Selys, 1873 Vestalis gracilis (Rambur, 1842) Vestalis submontana Fraser, 1934 (E)
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
Aciagrion approximans (Selys, 1876) Aciagrion azureum Fraser, 1922 Aciagrion borneense Ris, 1911 Aciagrion hisopa (Selys, 1876) 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 (E) Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877 Agriocnemis nana Laidlaw, 1914 Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919 Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842) Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919 Amphiallagma parvum (Selys, 1877) Archibasis oscillans (Selys, 1877) Argiocnemis rubescens Selys, 1877 Ceriagrion aeruginosum (Brauer, 1869) Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922 Ceriagrion azureum (Selys, 1891) Ceriagrion calamineum Lieftinck, 1951 Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer, 1865) Ceriagrion chromothorax Joshi & Sawant, 2019 (E) Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius, 1798) Ceriagrion fallax Ris, 1914 Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914 Ceriagrion pratermissum Lieftinck, 1929 Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916 Coenagrion exclamationis (Fraser, 1919) Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1823) 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 santha Christopher, Babu & Subramanian, 2026 (E) Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920 Paracercion calamorum (Ris, 1916) Paracercion malayanum (Selys, 1876) Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924 (E) Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876 Pseudagrion bidentatum Morton, 1907 Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur, 1842) Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876 Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924 (E) 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
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) Calicnemia arunachala Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E) Calicnemia doonensis Sangal & Tyagi, 1984 (E) Calicnemia erythromelas (Selys, 1891) Calicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) Calicnemia flavovittata Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E) Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948 Calicnemia miles (Laidlaw, 1917) Calicnemia mimumkoa Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E) Calicnemia miniata (Selys, 1886) Calicnemia mortoni (Laidlaw, 1917) Calicnemia mukherjeei Lahiri, 1976 (E) Calicnemia naga Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E) Calicnemia nipalica Kimmins, 1958 (E) Calicnemia pulverulans (Selys, 1886) Calicnemia rubromacula Sawant, Joshi, Pawar, Khan, Nawge & Kunte, 2026 (E) 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) 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
Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921
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 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)