Dragonflies and damselflies of the Himalaya
177 dragonflies and damselflies on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Himalaya, 1 of them threatened (1 Vulnerable) and 16 endemic to India.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
Threatened dragonflies and damselflies of the Himalaya (1)
Dragonflies and damselflies of the Himalaya endemic to India (16)
- Aciagrion approximans Indian Violet Dartlet
- Aristocypha hilaryae DD
- Calicnemia doonensis
- Calicnemia nipalica VU
- Cephalaeschna acanthifrons DD
- Cephalaeschna patrai
- Copera vittata Blue Bush Dart
- Cordulegaster parvistigma DD
- Davidius aberrans
- Davidius davidii
- Davidius kumaonensis DD
- Elattoneura campioni DD
- Heliocypha bisignata stream ruby
- Heliocypha perforata Common Blue Jewel
- Idionyx corona Mountain Daggerhead DD
- Yunnanosticta siangi
All dragonflies and damselflies of the Himalaya on the list (177)
- Aciagrion approximans Indian Violet Dartlet
- Aciagrion hisopa
- Aciagrion occidentale Green-striped slender dartlet
- Aciagrion olympicum
- Aciagrion pallidum Pale Slender Dartlet
- Acisoma panorpoides Grizzled Pintail
- Aeshna juncea Sedge Darner
- Aeshna mixta Migrant Hawker
- Aeshna petalura
- Agriocnemis clauseni
- Agriocnemis lacteola Milky Midget
- Agriocnemis pygmaea Wandering Midget
- Amphiallagma parvum Azure Dartlet
- Amphithemis vacillans DD
- Anax guttatus Pale-spotted Emperor
- Anax immaculifrons Fiery Emperor
- Anax nigrofasciatus Blue-spotted Emperor
- Anax parthenope Lesser Emperor
- Anisogomphus bivittatus
- Anisogomphus caudalis DD
- Anisogomphus occipitalis Shivalik Clubtail
- Anisopleura comes
- Anisopleura lestoides
- Anisopleura subplatystyla
- Anotogaster basalis DD
- Anotogaster nipalensis
- Argiocnemis rubescens Red-tipped Shadefly
- Aristocypha cuneata Blue-wedge Jewel DD
- Aristocypha fenestrella Peacock Jewel
- Aristocypha hilaryae DD
- Aristocypha quadrimaculata Four Spotted Jewel
- Aristocypha trifasciata Three-banded Emerald Jewel
- Atratothemis reelsi DD
- Bayadera indica
- Brachydiplax farinosa Emerald-flanked Marsh Hawk
- Brachydiplax sobrina Little Blue Marsh Hawk
- Brachythemis contaminata Ditch Jewel
- Bradinopyga geminata Granite Ghost
- Calicnemia arunachala
- Calicnemia doonensis
- Calicnemia erythromelas
- Calicnemia eximia Scarlet Openwing
- Calicnemia flavovittata
- Calicnemia imitans
- Calicnemia miles
- Calicnemia miniata
- Calicnemia mortoni
- Calicnemia nipalica VU
- Calicnemia pulverulans
- Caliphaea confusa
- Caliphaea sinuofurcata
- Camacinia harterti DD
- Cephalaeschna acanthifrons DD
- Cephalaeschna acutifrons DD
- Cephalaeschna orbifrons
- Cephalaeschna patrai
- Ceriagrion azureum Azure Marsh Dart
- Ceriagrion coromandelianum Coromandel Marsh Dart
- Ceriagrion fallax Black-tailed Marsh Dart
- Chlorogomphus atkinsoni
- Coeliccia bimaculata
- Coeliccia didyma
- Coeliccia renifera
- Copera marginipes Yellow featherlegs
- Copera vittata Blue Bush Dart
- Cordulegaster parvistigma DD
- Cratilla lineata Emerald-banded Skimmer
- Cratilla metallica Dark-tipped Forest-skimmer
- Crocothemis erythraea Broad Scarlet
- Crocothemis servilia Scarlet Skimmer
- Davidius aberrans
- Davidius davidii
- Davidius delineatus
- Davidius kumaonensis DD
- Davidius zallorensis DD
- Diplacodes trivialis Chalky Percher
- Drepanosticta carmichaeli Indo-Chinese Blue Reedtail
- Echo margarita
- Echo perornata DD
- Elattoneura campioni DD
- Euphaea ochracea
- Gynacantha bayadera Small Duskhawker
- Gynacantha incisura
- Gynacantha subinterrupta Dingy Duskhawker
- Gynacanthaeschna sikkima
- Heliocypha bisignata stream ruby
- Heliocypha perforata Common Blue Jewel
- Idionyx corona Mountain Daggerhead DD
- Indaeschna erythromelas
- Indocnemis orang
- Indolestes cyaneus
- Ischnura aurora Aurora Bluetail
- Ischnura elegans Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Ischnura forcipata
- Ischnura inarmata DD
- Ischnura rubilio Western Golden Dartlet
- Ischnura rufostigma
- Ischnura senegalensis Common Bluetail
- Lamelligomphus risi DD
- Lathrecista asiatica Asian Blood Tail
- Lestes barbarus Migrant Spreadwing
- Lestes dorothea Forest spreadwing
- Lestes elatus Asian Emerald Spreadwing
- Libellago lineata Golden gem
- Libellula quadrimaculata Four-spotted Skimmer
- Lyriothemis bivittata Two Banded Bloodtail
- Lyriothemis flava Tricolour Bloodtail
- Macromia calliope
- Macromia moorei
- Matrona basilaris
- Matrona nigripectus
- Megalestes gyalsey DD
- Megalestes irma DD
- Megalestes major Giant Green Spreadwing
- Mortonagrion aborense Blue Midget
- Neallogaster hermionae
- Neallogaster latifrons
- Neallogaster schmidti DD
- Nepogomphus modestus
- Neurobasis chinensis Green Metalwing
- Neurothemis fulvia Russet Percher
- Neurothemis intermedia Paddyfield Parasol
- Neurothemis stigmatizans Painted Grasshawk
- Neurothemis tullia Pied Paddy Skimmer
- Nychogomphus saundersii
- Onychargia atrocyana Marsh Dancer
- Ophiogomphus reductus
- Orthetrum cancellatum Black-tailed Skimmer
- Orthetrum chrysis Brown-backed Red Marsh Hawk
- Orthetrum glaucum Blue Marsh Hawk
- Orthetrum internum
- Orthetrum luzonicum Slender Blue Skimmer
- Orthetrum melania Greater Blue Skimmer
- Orthetrum pruinosum Crimson-tailed Marsh Hawk
- Orthetrum sabina Slender Skimmer
- Orthetrum taeniolatum Little skimmer
- Orthetrum testaceum Orange Skimmer
- Orthetrum triangulare Blue-tailed Forest Hawk
- Palpopleura sexmaculata Asian Widow
- Pantala flavescens Wandering Glider
- Paragomphus lineatus Lined Hooktail
- Periaeschna unifasciata DD
- Perissogomphus stevensi
- Phyllothemis eltoni DD
- Potamarcha congener Swampwatcher
- Protosticta himalaica DD
- Protosticta samtsensis
- Pseudagrion rubriceps Orange-faced Sprite
- Rhinocypha unimaculata Emerald Prince
- Rhodothemis rufa Rufous Marsh Glider
- Rhyothemis plutonia Greater Bluewing
- Rhyothemis triangularis Asian Sapphire Flutterer
- Scalmogomphus bistrigatus
- Scalmogomphus schmidti
- Selysiothemis nigra Black Pennant
- Somatochlora daviesi DD
- Stylogomphus inglisi
- Sympecma paedisca Siberian Winter Damsel
- Sympetrum fonscolombii Nomad
- Sympetrum hypomelas
- Sympetrum meridionale Southern Darter
- Sympetrum orientale DD
- Sympetrum speciosum
- Sympetrum striolatum Common Darter
- Tetrathemis platyptera Pigmy Skimmer
- Thecagaster brevistigma
- Tholymis tillarga Twister
- Tramea basilaris Keyhole Glider
- Tramea virginia Saddlebag Glider
- Trithemis annulata Violet Dropwing
- Trithemis aurora Crimson Marsh Glider
- Trithemis festiva Indigo Dropwing
- Trithemis kirbyi Orange-winged Dropwing
- Trithemis pallidinervis Dancing Dropwing
- Urothemis signata Scarlet Basker
- Vestalis gracilis plain flashwing
- Yunnanosticta siangi
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