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.

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Wildlife of Nepal

This list is primarily based on Graham Vick's 1989 list[1] with some recent additions and a modernized classification.

Suborder Anisozygoptera

Family Epiophlebiidae

Suborder Zygoptera – damselflies

Family Amphipterygidae – diplebiidae
  • Philoganga montana

Family Calopterygidae – jewelwings

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

Family Coenagrionidae

Family Platycnemididae – featherlegs
  • Coeliccia renifera
  • Calicnemia doonensis carmine
  • Calicnemia eximia
  • Calicnemia miniata
  • Calicnemia mortoni
  • Calicnemia nipalica
Calicnemia nipalica

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[4][5]
  • 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

Family Cordulegastridae
  • Anotogaster basalis palampurensis
  • Anotogaster gregoryi
  • Anotogaster nipalensis
    Anotogaster nipalensis
  • Chlorogomphus atkinsoni
  • Chlorogomphus mortoni
  • Chlorogomphus olympicus
  • Chlorogomphus preciosus
  • Chlorogomphus selysi
  • Cordulegaster brevistigma brevistigma
  • Neallogaster hermionae
  • Neallogaster latifrons
  • Neallogaster ornata

Family Corduliidae

Family Macromiidae

Family Libellulidae
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See also

References
  1. Vick, Graham (1989). "List of the dragonflies recorded from Nepal, with a summary of their altitudinal distribution (Odonata)". Opuscula zoologica fluminensia. 43: 1–21.
  2. Conniff, Karen L.; Aryal, Milan; K. C., Sajan & Heijden, Antonie V. D. (2020). "New additions to the checklist of dragonflies and damselflies of Nepal". Agrion. 24 (1): 21–523.
  3. K.C., Sajan; Gurung, Juddha Bahadur (2020). "Records of dragonfies and damselfies (Insecta: Odonata) of Dipang Lake, with two new records to Nepal". International Journal of Zoology Studies. 12 (8): 15955–15961.
  4. Conniff, Karen & Limbu, Mahendra Singh (2018). "Description of Microgomphus phewataali sp. nov. from Nepal (Odonata: Gomphidae)" (PDF). Odonatologica. 47 (3/4): 277–288.
  5. Awale, Sonia. "Project Dragonfly".

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