title: List of Odonata of Nepal
text: # List of Odonata of Nepal
  
  The following is a list of Odonata of Nepal. One hundred and eighty-five species from seventeen families are listed.
  
  This list is primarily based on Graham Vick's 1989 list with some recent additions and a modernized classification.
  
  ## Suborder Anisozygoptera
  
  ### Family Epiophlebiidae
  
  * Epiophlebia laidlawi - Himalayan relict dragonfly
  
  ## Suborder Zygoptera – damselflies
  
  ### Family Amphipterygidae – diplebiidae
  
  * Philoganga montana
  
  ### Family Calopterygidae – jewelwings
  
  * Neurobasis chinensis chinensis - stream glory
  * Caliphaea confusa
  * Vestalis gracilis gracilis - clear-winged forest glory
  
  ### Family Chlorocyphidae
  
  * Aristocypha cuneata syn A. bifenestrata
  * Aristocypha quadrimaculata
  * Aristocypha trifasciata syn A. bifasciata
  * Aristo (Para) cypha unimaculata
  * Libellago lineata lineata - river heliodor
  * Heliocypha biforata
  
  ### Family Euphaeidae
  
  * Allophaea (Euphaea) ochracea
  * Anisopleura comes
  * Anisopleura lestoides
  * Anisopleura subplatystyla
  * Bayadera indica
  * Bayadera longicauda
  * Bayadera hyaline
  
  ### Family Synlestidae
  
  * Megalestes major - giant green spreadwing
  * Megalestes irma
  
  ### Family Lestidae
  
  * Indolestes cyaneus
  * Lestes dorothea
  * Lestes praemorsus praemorsus - sapphire-eyed spreadwing
  
  ### Family Coenagrionidae
  
  * Aciagrion hisopa
  * Aciagrion olympicum
  * Aciagrion pallidum - pale slender dartlet
  * Aciagrion occidentale - green-striped slender dartlet
  * Aciagrion approximans - Indian violet dartlet
  * Agriocnemis clauseni
  * Agriocnemis lacteola - milky dartlet
  * Agriocnemis pygmaea - pygmy dartlet
  * Agriocnemis femina - pinhead dartlet
  * Enallagma parvum - azure dartlet
  * Paracercion calamorum - dusky lilysquatter
  * Paracercion malayanum - Malay lillysquatter
  * Ceriagrion azureum - azure marsh dart
  * Ceriagrion cerinorubellum - orange-tailed marsh dart
  * Ceriagrion fallax fallax - black-tailed marsh dart
  * Ceriagrion fallax cerinomelas
  * Ceriagrion coromandelianum - Coromandel marsh dartCeriagrion coromandelianum (Coromandel marsh dart)
  * Ceriagrion olivaceum - rusty marsh dart
  * Coenagrion exclamationis
  * Ischnura rubilio - western golden dartlet
  * Ischnura montana
  * Ischnura elegans - common bluetail
  * Ischnura forcipata - forcipate dartlet
  * Ischnura rufostigma - ruby dartlet
  * Ischnura nursei - pixie dartlet
  * Onychargia atrocyana - black marsh dart
  * Pseudagrion australasiae
  * Pseudagrion decorum - three-lined dart
  * Pseudagrion microcephalum - blue grass dart
  * Pseudagrion rubriceps - saffron-faced blue dart Pseudagrion rubriceps (saffron-faced blue dart) from Phewa Lake, Lakeside, Pokhara
  * Pseudagrion spencei
  
  ### Family Platycnemididae – featherlegs
  
  * Coeliccia renifera
  * Calicnemia doonensis carmine
  * Calicnemia eximia
  * Calicnemia miniata
  * Calicnemia mortoni
  * Calicnemia nipalica
  * Calicnemia pulverulans
  * Copera vittata - blue bush dart
  * Copera marginipes - yellow bush dart
  
  ### Family Platystictidae – forest damsels
  
  * Drepanosticta carmichaeli - Indo-Chinese blue reedtail
  
  ### Family Protoneuridae
  
  * Prodasineura autumnalis - black threadtail
  * Prodasineura odoneli
  
  ## Suborder Anisoptera – dragonflies
  
  ### Family Gomphidae
  
  * Anisogomphus bivittatus
  * Anisogomphus occipitalis - Shivalik clubtail
  * Anisogomphus orites
  * Burmagomphus hasimaricus
  * Burmagomphus sivalikensis
  * Davidius aberrans aberrans
  * Davidius delineates
  * Ictinogomphus angulosus
  * Ictinogomphus kishori
  * Ictinogomphus pertinax
  * Ictinogomphus rapax - Indian common clubtail
  * Macrogomphus montanus
  * Macrogomphus seductus
  * Microgomphus phewataali
  * Nepogomphus modestus
  * Lamelligomphus biforceps
  * Scalmogomphus bistrigatus
  * Onychogomphus cerastes
  * Nychogomphus duaricus
  * Onychogomphus risi
  * Onychogomphus schmidti
  * Onychogomphus saundersii
  * Paragomphus lindgreni
  * Paragomphus lineatus
  * Perissogomphus stevensi
  * Platygomphus dolabratus
  * Stylogomphus inglisi
  
  ### Family Aeshnidae
  
  * Aeshna petalura petalura
  * Anaciaeschna jaspidea - rusty darner
  * Anaciaeschna martini
  * Anaciaeschna donaldi
  * Anax guttatus - blue-tailed green darner
  * Anax indicus - lesser green emperor
  * Anax nigrofasciatus nigrolineatus
  * Anax immaculafrons
  * Anax parthenope
  * Cephalaeschna acutifrons
  * Cephalaeschna klapperichi
  * Cephalaeschna masoni
  * Cephalaeschna orbifrons
  * Cephalaeschna viridifrons
  * Gynacantha bayadera - parakeet darner
  * Gynacantha incisura
  * Gynacantha khasiaca
  * Gynacanthaeschna sikkima
  * Oligoaeschna martini
  * Periaeschna unifasciata
  * Polycanthagyna erythromelas
  
  ### Family Cordulegastridae
  
  * Anotogaster basalis palampurensis
  * Anotogaster gregoryi
  * Anotogaster nipalensisAnotogaster nipalensis
  * Chlorogomphus atkinsoni
  * Chlorogomphus mortoni
  * Chlorogomphus olympicus
  * Chlorogomphus preciosus
  * Chlorogomphus selysi
  * Cordulegaster brevistigma brevistigma
  * Neallogaster hermionae
  * Neallogaster latifrons
  * Neallogaster ornata
  
  ### Family Corduliidae
  
  * Epophthalmia frontalis frontalis
  * Idionyx stevensi
  
  ### Family Macromiidae
  
  * Macromia cingulata
  * Macromia flavocolorata
  * Macromia moorei moorei
  * Macromia sombui
  * Somatochlora nipalensis
  
  ### Family Libellulidae
  
  * Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides - trumpet-tail
  * Aethriamanta brevipennis - scarlet marsh hawk
  * Brachythemis contaminata - ditch jewel
  * Brachydiplax sobrina - little blue marsh hawk
  * Barchydiplax chalybea - rufous-backed marsh hawk
  * Bradinophyga geminata - granite ghost
  * Cratilla lineata - emerald-banded skimmer
  * Cratilla metallica
  * Crocothemis erythaea - broad skimmer
  * Crocothemis servilia - scarlet skimmer
  * Diplacodes lefebvreii
  * Diplacodes nebulosa - black-tipped ground skimmer
  * Diplacodes trivialis - blue ground skimmer
  * Libellula quadrimaculata
  * Lyriothemis bivittata
  * Nannophya pygmaea
  * Neurothemis fulvia - fulvous forest skimmerFemale Neurothemis fulvia (fulvous forest skimmer)
  * Neurothemis intermedia - paddyfield parasolNeurothemis intermedia (paddyfield parasol)
  * Neurothemis tullia tullia - pied paddy skimmer
  * Orthetrum glaucum- blue marsh hawkMale Orthetrum glaucum (blue marsh hawk)
  * Orthetrum japonicum internum
  * Orthetrum luzonicum - tri-coloured marsh hawk
  * Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum - crimson-tailed marsh hawk
  * Orthetrum coerulescens anceps - keeled skimmer
  * Orthetrum sabina - green marsh hawk
  * Orthetrum taeniolatum - small skimmer
  * Orthetrum triangulare triangulare - blue-tailed forest hawk
  * Orthetrum lineostigma
  * Onychothemis testaceum testaceum
  * Palpopleura sexmaculata sexmaculata - blue-tailed yellow skimmer
  * Pantala flavescens - wandering gliderPantala flavescens (wandering glider)
  * Potamarcha congenera - yellow-tailed ashy skimmer
  * Pseudotramea prateri
  * Rhodothemis rufa - rufous marsh glider
  * Rhyothemis plutonia - greater blue-wing
  * Rhyothemis triangularis - lesser blue-wing
  * Rhyothemis variegata variegata - common picturewing
  * Selysiothemis nigra
  * Sympetrum commixtum
  * Sympetrum decoloratum
  * Sympetrum fonscolombei
  * Sympetrum haematoneura
  * Sympetrum hypomelas
  * Sympetrum orientale
  * Tholymis tillarga
  * Tramea basilaris burmeisteri - red marsh trotter
  * Tramea limbata simiata - black marsh trotter
  * Tramea virginia
  * Trithemis aurora - crimson marsh glider
  * Trithemis festiva - black stream glider
  * Trithemis pallidinervis - long-legged marsh glider
  * Urothemis signata signata - greater crimson glider
  * Zygonyx iris - emerald cascader
  