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Checklist for Superfamily Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
36
248
786
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
21
187
679
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
21
187
679
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
13
75
299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
6
41
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for India
6 Families width 169 Species and 27 Subspecies
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies96SpeciesTaxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917Bambootails24SpeciesTaxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917White-legged damselflies28SpeciesTaxom
Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924Forest Damselflies19SpeciesTaxom
Isostictidae Fraser, 1955Narrow-wings1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917Forest giants1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for India
41 Genera with 169 Species
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Aciagrion Selys, 191911SpeciesTaxom
Agriocnemis Selys, 1919wisp11SpeciesTaxom
Amphiallagma Kennedy, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Archibasis Kirby, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1842Dancers4SpeciesTaxom
Argiocnemis Selys, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Caconeura Kirby, 06SpeciesTaxom
Calicnemia Strand, 188610SpeciesTaxom
Cercion Navas, 18763SpeciesTaxom
Ceriagrion Selys, 191612SpeciesTaxom
Coeliccia Kirby, 193213SpeciesTaxom
Coenagrion Kirby, 1823Eurasian Bluets7SpeciesTaxom
Copera Kirby, 18637SpeciesTaxom
Disparoneura Selys, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Drepanosticta Laidlaw, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Elattoneura Cowley, 18869SpeciesTaxom
Enallagma Charpentier, 1961American Bluets9SpeciesTaxom
Erythromma Charpentier, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Esme Fraser, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Himalagrion Fraser, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Indocnemis Laidlaw, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Indosticta1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1839Forktail18SpeciesTaxom
Melanoneura Fraser, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Mortonagrion Fraser, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Nososticta Selys, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Onychargia Selys, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Paracercion Weekers & Du..., 1876Lilysquatters3SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneura Fraser, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Pinheyagrion May, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Platycnemis Burmeister, 1771Featherlegs2SpeciesTaxom
Platysticta Selys, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Prodasineura Cowley, 18916SpeciesTaxom
Protosticta Selys, 202014SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagrion Selys, 192216SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocopera Fraser, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Pyrrhosoma Charpentier, 02SpeciesTaxom
Rhodischnura Laidlaw, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Selysioneura Förster, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Teinobasis Kirby, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Xanthostigma Navas, 18321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
169 Species and 27 Subspecies
Aciagrion approximans Selys, 1876Indian Violet Dartlet
Aciagrion approximans approximans Selys, 1876Indian Violet Dartlet
Aciagrion approximans krishna Fraser, 1921Indian Violet Dartlet
Aciagrion azureum Fraser, 1922
Aciagrion hisopa Selys, 1876Hisop's dartlet
Aciagrion hisopa hisopa Selys, 1876
Aciagrion hisopa krishna
Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw, 1919Green striped slender dartlet
Aciagrion olympicum Laidlaw, 1919Olympic dartlet
Aciagrion pallidum Selys, 1891Pale slender dartlet
Aciagrion tillyardi (Laidlaw, 1919)⇒ Aciagrion approximans Selys, 1876
Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser, 1922
Agriocnemis corbeti Kumar & Prasad, 1978
Agriocnemis dabreui Fraser, 1919Fraser's dartlet
Agriocnemis femina Brauer, 1868Orange-tailed Midget
Agriocnemis femina femina Brauer, 1868
Agriocnemis kelarensis
Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981
Agriocnemis lacteola Selys, 1877Milky dartlet
Agriocnemis pieris Laidlaw, 1919White dartlet
Agriocnemis pygmaea Rambur, 1842Pigmy wisp
Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw, 1919Splendid dartlet
Amphiallagma parvum Selys, 1876Azure dartlet
Archibasis oscillans Selys, 1877Long-banded bluetail
Archibasis praeclara (Fraser, 1924)⇒ Archibasis oscillans Selys, 1877
Argia emma Kennedy, 1916Emma's Dancer
Argia moesta Hagen, 1861Powdered Dancer
Argia sedula Hagen, 1861Blue-ringed Dancer
Argia tibialis Rambur, 1842Blue-tipped Dancer
Argiocnemis rubescens Selys, 1877Red - rumped Wisp
Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola Selys, 1877
Caconeura gomphoides Rambur, 1842
Caconeura obscura Fraser, 1933
Caconeura ramburi Fraser, 1922Coorg bambootail
Caconeura risi Fraser, 1931
Caconeura t-coerulea (Fraser, 1933)⇒ Caconeura ramburi Fraser, 1922
Caconeura verticalis
Calicnemia carminea Lieftinck, 1984
Calicnemia carminea carminea
Calicnemia carminea pyrrhosoma Lieftinck, 1984
Calicnemia eximia Selys, 1863
Calicnemia imitans Lieftinck, 1948
Calicnemia miles Laidlaw, 1917
Calicnemia miniata Selys, 1886
Calicnemia mortoni Laidlaw, 1917
Calicnemia mukherjeei Lahiri, 1976
Calicnemia pulverulans Selys, 1886
Cercion calamorum Fraser, 1919
Cercion calamorum dyeri Fraser, 1919
Cercion malayanum Selys, 1876
Ceriagrion auranticum Fraser, 1922Orange-tailed Sprite
Ceriagrion azureum Selys, 1891Azure marsh dart
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum Brauer, 1865Bi-coloured damsel
Ceriagrion chromothorax Joshi & Sawant, 2019
Ceriagrion coeruleum Laidlaw, 1919
Ceriagrion coramandelianum
Ceriagrion coromandelianum Fabricius, 1798Coromandel marsh dart
Ceriagrion fallax Ris, 1914
Ceriagrion fallax cerinomelas Lieftinck, 1927
Ceriagrion fallax pendleburyi Laidlaw, 1931
Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw, 1914Rusty marsh dart
Ceriagrion rubiae Laidlaw, 1916Orange marsh dart
Coeliccia bimaculata Laidlaw, 1914
Coeliccia didyma Selys, 1863
Coeliccia didyma didyma Selys, 1863
Coeliccia didyma loringae Laidlaw, 1932
Coeliccia dorothea Fraser, 1933
Coeliccia fraseri Laidlaw, 1932
Coeliccia pracritii Lahiri, 1985
Coeliccia renifera Selys, 1886
Coeliccia rossi Asahina, 1985
Coeliccia sarbottama Lahiri, 1987
Coeliccia schmidti Asahina, 1984
Coeliccia svihleri Asahina, 1970
Coeliccia vacca Laidlaw, 1932
Coenagrion armatum Charpentier, 1840Dark Bluet
Coenagrion hastulatum Charpentier, 1825Northern Blue Damselfly
Coenagrion johanssoni Wallengren, 1894Arctic Bluet
Coenagrion kashmirum Chowdhary & Das, 1975
Coenagrion lunulatum Charpentier, 1840Crescent Bluet
Coenagrion puella Linnaeus, 1758Azure Bluet
Coenagrion pulchellum Vander Linden, 1823Variable Blue Damselfly
Copera ciliata Selys, 1863Black-kneed Featherlegs
Copera marginipes Rambur, 1842Yellow bush dart
Copera superplatypes (Fraser, 1927)⇒ Agrilus quilmesinus Obenberger, 1933
Copera vittata Selys, 1863Blue bush dart
Copera vittata assamensis Laidlaw, 1914
Copera vittata deccanensis Laidlaw, 1917
Copera vittata serapica Hagen, 1863
Disparoneura apicalis Fraser, 1924
Disparoneura canningi Fraser, 1922
Disparoneura quadrimaculata Rambur, 1842Black-winged bambootail
Drepanosticta annandalei Fraser, 1924
Drepanosticta carmichaeli Laidlaw, 1915Indo-Chinese blue reedtail
Drepanosticta polychromatica Fraser, 1931
Elattoneura atkinsoni Selys, 1886
Elattoneura campioni Fraser, 1922
Elattoneura campioni cacharensis Fraser, 1933
Elattoneura campioni campioni Fraser, 1922
Elattoneura coomansi Lieftinck, 1937
Elattoneura nigerrima Laidlaw, 1917
Elattoneura souteri Fraser, 1924
Elattoneura tetrica Laidlaw, 1917
Elattoneura vittata Selys, 1886Orange-fronted Threadtail
Enallagma cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840Common Blue
Enallagma cyathigerum cyathigerum Charpentier, 1840
Enallagma ebrium Hagen, 1861Marsh Bluet
Enallagma exsulans Hagen, 1861Stream Bluet
Enallagma immsi
Enallagma insula Fraser, 1920
Enallagma malayanum Selys, 1876
Enallagma parvum Selys, 1876Azure dartlet
Enallagma risi (Schmidt, 1961)⇒ Pteroteinon pruna Evans, 1937
Erythromma najas Hansemann, 1823Large Redeye
Esme cyaneovittata Fraser, 1922
Esme longistyla Fraser, 1931Nilgiri bambootail
Esme mudiensis Fraser, 1931
Himalagrion exclamatione
Himalagrion pithoragarhicum Sahni, 1964
Indocnemis orang Förster, 1907
Indosticta deccanensis Laidlaw, 1915
Ischnura asiatica Brauer, 1865Asian Bluetail
Ischnura aurora Brauer, 1865Aurora Bluetail
Ischnura aurora aurora Brauer, 1865
Ischnura cervula Selys, 1876Pacific Forktail
Ischnura dorothea Fraser, 1924
Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820Blue Tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans elegans Vander Linden, 1820
Ischnura forcipata Morton, 1907Forcipate dartlet
Ischnura immsi (Laidlaw, 1913)⇒ Amphiallagma parvum Selys, 1876
Ischnura inarmata Calvert, 1898
Ischnura nursei Morton, 1907Pixie dartlet
Ischnura patricia Fraser, 1924
Ischnura pumillo
Ischnura ramburii Selys, 1857Rambur'S Forktail
Ischnura rubilio Selys, 1876Western golden dartlet
Ischnura rufostigma Selys, 1876Reddish-orange dartlet
Ischnura senegalensis Rambur, 1842African Bluetail
Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839Eastern Forktail
Melanoneura bilineata Fraser, 1922
Mortonagrion aborense Laidlaw, 1914
Mortonagrion varralli Fraser, 1920
Nososticta nicobarica Chandra, 2017
Onychargia atrocyana Selys, 1865Black marsh dart
Paracercion calamorum Ris, 1916Dusky Lilysquatter
Paracercion Malayanum Selys, 1876Malay lillysquatter
Paracercion melanotum Selys, 1876Eastern Lilysquatter
Phylloneura westermanni Hagen, 1860
Pinheyagrion angolicum Pinhey, 1966Angola Bluet
Platycnemis dealbata Selys, 1850Ivory Featherleg
Platycnemis pennipes Pallas, 1771Blue Featherleg
Platysticta deccanensis Laidlaw, 1915
Prodasineura autumnalis Fraser, 1922Black Threadtail
Prodasineura odoneli Fraser, 1924
Prodasineura verticalis Selys, 1860Bambootails
Prodasineura verticalis andamanensis Fraser, 1924
Prodasineura verticalis annandalei Fraser, 1921
Prodasineura verticalis delia Karsch, 1891
Protosticta antelopoides Fraser, 1931
Protosticta armageddonia Chandran, Pa..., 2023
Protosticta cyanofemora Joshi, Subra..., 2020
Protosticta davenporti Fraser, 1931
Protosticta fraseri Kennedy, 1936
Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915
Protosticta hearseyi Fraser, 1922
Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw, 1917
Protosticta monticola Emiliyamma &..., 2016
Protosticta mortoni (Fraser, 1924)⇒ Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw, 1915
Protosticta ponmudiensis Kiran, Kales..., 2015
Protosticta rufostigma Kimmins, 1958
Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922
Protosticta sholai Subramanian ..., 2020
Pseudagrion andamanicum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion australasiae Selys, 1876Look-alike sprite
Pseudagrion decorum Rambur, 1842Three striped blue dart
Pseudagrion hypermelas Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion indicum Fraser, 1924
Pseudagrion laidlawi Fraser, 1922
Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser, 1924Malabar dartlet
Pseudagrion microcepahlum
Pseudagrion microcephalum Rambur, 1842Blue grass dart
Pseudagrion pilidorsum Brauer, 1868
Pseudagrion pruinosum Burmeister, 1839
Pseudagrion pruinosum pruinosum Burmeister, 1839
Pseudagrion rubriceps Selys, 1876Orange-faced Sprite
Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps Selys, 1876
Pseudagrion spencei Fraser, 1922Brook Sprite
Pseudagrion williamsoni Fraser, 1922
Pseudocopera ciliata Selys, 1863Black-kneed featherleg
Pyrrhosoma nymphula Sulzer, 1776Large Red
Pyrrhosoma nymphula elisabethae
Rhodischnura nursei (Morton, 1907)⇒ Ischnura nursei Morton, 1907
Selysioneura ranatra Lieftinck, 1949
Teinobasis agriocnemis
Teinobasis argiocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
Xanthostigma xanthostigma Schummel, 1832

Subnodes of Coenagrionoidea with occurrences in India
FamilyCoenagrionidae
Kirby, 1890
Narrow-winged damselflies, Narrow-Winged Damselfly, Pond damselflies, Pond Damsels
21
96
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyIsostictidae
Fraser, 1955
Narrow-wings, Pinflies, Pins, Pondsitters, Wiretails
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatycnemididae
Tillyard, 1917
White-legged damselflies, white-legged damselfly
7
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlatystictidae
Laidlaw, 1924
Forest Damselflies, shadowdamsel, Shadowdamsels
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyProtoneuridae
Tillyard, 1917
Bambootails, Pinflies, Threadtails
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPseudostigmatidae
Tillyard, 1917
Forest giants, Giant damselflies, Helicopter damselflies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom