To date, 119 species of dragonflies and damselflies from 12 families have been recorded in Sri Lanka. 56 species are endemic (marked *). Two species of Archibasis, 2 species of Platysticta, and one species of Paragomphus are in the process of description
Order Odonata
Suborder Zygoptera
Family Calopterygidae
1. Neurobasis chinensis chinensis
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| Ictinogomphus rapax |
Family Chlorocyphidae
3. *Libellago adami
4. *Libellago corbeti
5. *Libellago finalis
6. *Libellago greeni
Family Euphaeidae
7. *Euphaea splendens
Family Lestidae
8. Lestes elatus
9. Lestes malabaricus
10. Lestes praemorsus decipiens
11. *Sinhalestes orientalis
12. *Indolestes divisus
13. *Indolestes gracilis gracilis
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| Aethriamanta brevipennis |
Family Coenagrionidae
14. Agriocnemis femina
15. Agriocnemis pygmaea
16. *Mortonagrion ceylonicum
17. Onychargia atrocyana
18. Paracercion malayanum
19. Aciagrion occidentale
Aciagrion hisopa – still no evidence of its presence in Sri Lanka
20. Enallagma parvum
21. Ischnura aurora aurora
22. Ischnura senegalensis
23. Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
24. Ceriagrion coromandelianum
25. Pseudagrion decorum
26. Pseudagrion malabaricum
27. Pseudagrion microcephalum
28. *Pseudagrion rubriceps ceylonicum
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| Pseudagrion malabaricum |
Family Platycnemididae
29. Copera marginipes
Family Platystictidae
30. *Drepanosticta adami
31. *Drepanosticta anamia
32. *Drepanosticta austeni
33. *Drepanosticta bine
34. *Drepanosticta brincki
35. *Drepanosticta digna
36. *Drepanosticta hilaris
37. *Drepanosticta lankanensis
38. *Drepanosticta mojca
39. *Drepanosticta montana
40. *Drepanosticta nietneri
41. *Drepanosticta submontana
42. *Drepanosticta subtropica
43. *Drepanosticta tropica
44. *Drepanosticta walli
45. *Platysticta apicalis
46. *Platysticta maculata
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| Trithemis aurora |
Family Protoneuridae
48. *Elattoneura oculata
49. *Elattoneura caesia
50. *Elattoneura centralis
51. *Elattoneura leucostigma
52. *Elattoneura tenax
53. *Prodasineura sita
Suborder Anisoptera
Family Aeshnidae
54. Anaciaeschna donaldi
55. Anax guttatus
56. Anax immaculifrons
57. Anax indicus
58. Anax ephippiger
59. Anax tristis
60. Gynacantha dravida
Family Gomphidae
61. *Anisogomphus solitaris
62. *Burmagomphus pyramidalis sinuatus
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| Brachythemis contaminata |
64. *Heliogomphus ceylonicus
65. *Heliogomphus lyratus
66. *Heliogomphus nietneri
67. *Heliogomphus walli
68. *Macrogomphus annulatus keiseri
69. *Macrogomphus lankanensis
70. *Microgomphus wijaya
71. *Paragomphus henryi
72. *Megalogomphus ceylonicus
73. *Gomphidia pearsoni
74. Ictinogomphus rapax
Family Corduliidae
75. *Epophthalmia vittata cyanocephala
76. * Macromia flinti
77. * Macromia zeylanica
78. *Macromidia donaldi pethiyagodai
Family Libellulidae
79. *Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi fruhstorferi
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| Libellago adami |
81. Brachydiplax sobrina
82. Cratilla lineata calverti
83. Lathrecista asiatica asiatica
84. *Lyriothemis defonsekai
85. Orthetrum chrysis
86. Orthetrum glaucum
87. Orthetrum luzonicum
88. Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum
89. Orthetrum sabina sabina
90. Orthetrum triangulare triangulare
91. Potamarcha congener
92. Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides
93. Brachythemis contaminata
94. Bradinopyga geminata
95. Crocothemis servilia servilia
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| Diplacodes trivialis |
97. Diplacodes trivialis
98. Indothemis carnatica
99. Indothemis limbata sita
100. Neurothemis intermedia intermedia
101. Neurothemis tullia
102. Rhodothemis rufa
103. Sympetrum fonscolombii
104. Trithemis aurora
105. Trithemis festiva
106. Trithemis pallidinervis
107. Onychothemis tonkinensis ceylanica
108. Rhyothemis triangularis
109. Rhyothemis variegata
110. Hydrobasileus croceus
111. Pantala flavescens
112. Tramea basilaris burmeisteri
113. Tramea limbata
114. Tholymis tillarga
115. Zyxomma petiolatum
116. Aethriamanta brevipennis brevipennis
117. Macrodiplax cora
118. Urothemis signata signata
119. *Zygonyx iris ceylonicum
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