Fifty one species of dragonflies are known from the region, which include eleven endemic species
such as Euphae fraseri E. dispar, Phylloneura westermanni, Protosticta sanguinostigma, P. antelopoides,
P. mortoni, Indonuera ramburi, Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi, Zygonyx malabaricus, Macromia indica and
Idionyx suffronata. Species like Neurobasis chinensis, Rhinocyha bisignata, Vestalils apiclais,
which are normally seen associated with the hill streams and their vicinities, have also been recorded
fairly in good numbers.
Dragon and Damsel flies in Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary
Super family: COENAGRIONOIDEA
Family: COENAGRIONIDAE
Subfamily: PSEUDAGRIONINAE
1. Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Brauer)
2. Ceriagrion coromandelianum (Fabricius)
3. Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur)
4. Pseudagrion rubriceps rubriceps Selys
Subfamily: Ischnurinae
5. Ischnura aurora aurora (Brauer)
6. Subfamily: Agriocnemidinae
7. Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur)
Family: Platycnemididae
Subfamily: Platycnemidinae
8. Copera marginipes (Rambur)
9. Copera vittata deccanensis Laidlaw*
Family: Platystictidae
Subfamily: Platystictinae
10. Protosticta antelopoides Fraser*
11. Protosticta gravelyi Laidlaw*
12. Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser*
Family: Protoneuridae
Subfamily: Caconeurinaev
13. Caconeura ramburi (Fraser)*
14. Caconeura risi (Fraser)*
15. Phylloneura westermanni (Selys)*
Superfamily: Lestoidea
Family: Lestidae
Subfamily: Lestinae
16. Lestes sp.
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Calopterygidae
Subfamily: Calopteryginae
17. Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus)
18. Vestalis apicalis apicalis Selys
19. Vestalis gracilis gracilis (Rambur)
20. Vestalis gracilis montana Fraser
Family: Chlorocyphidae
21. Rhinocypha (Heliocypha) bisignata (Selys)
Family: Euphaeidae
22. Euphaea dispar (Rambur)*
23. Euphaea fraseri (Laidlaw) *
Suborder: Anisoptera
Superfamily: Aeshnoidea
Family: Gomphidae
Subfamily: Onychogomphinae
24. Paragomphus lineatus (Selys)
Subfamily: Lindeniinae
25. Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur)
Family: Aeshnidae
Subfamily: Aeshninae
26. Anax immaculifrons Rambur
27. Gynacantha dravida Lieftinck
Superfamily: Libelluloidea
Family: Corduliidae
Subfamily: Idionychinae
29. Idionyx saffronata Fraser*
Family: Libellulidae
Subfamily: Tetrathemistinae
30. Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi apicalis Fraser*
Subfamily: Libellulinae
31. Cratilla lineata calverti Foerster
32. Lathrecista asiatica asiatica (Fabricius)
33. Orthetrum chrysis (Selys)
34. Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer)
35. Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer)
36. Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum (Rambur)
37. Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury)
38. Orthetrum triangulare triangulare (Selys)
Subfamily: Sympetrinae
39. Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius)
40. Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur)
41. Crocothemis servilia servilia (Drury)
42. Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur)
43. Neurothemis fulvia (Drury)
44. Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury)
Subfamily: Trithemistinae
45. Trithemis aurora (Burmeister)
46. Trithemis festiva (Rambur)
47. Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby)
Subfamily: Trameinae
48. Rhyothemis variegata variegata (Linnaeus)
49. Pantala flavescens (Fabricius)
50. Tramea limbata similata (Rambur)
51. Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius)