List of Odonata of Nepal

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The following is a list of Odonata of Nepal. One hundred and eighty-five species from seventeen families are listed.

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

Suborder Anisozygoptera edit

Family Epiophlebiidae edit

Suborder Zygoptera – damselflies edit

Family Amphipterygidae – diplebiidae edit

Family Calopterygidae – jewelwings edit

Family Chlorocyphidae edit

Family Euphaeidae edit

Family Synlestidae edit

Family Lestidae edit

Family Coenagrionidae edit

Family Platycnemididae – featherlegs edit

 
Calicnemia nipalica

Family Platystictidae – forest damsels edit

Family Protoneuridae edit

Suborder Anisoptera – dragonflies edit

Family Gomphidae edit

Family Aeshnidae edit

Family Cordulegastridae edit

Family Corduliidae edit

Family Macromiidae edit

Family Libellulidae edit

 
Trithemis festiva (black stream glider)

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b c 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".

Further reading edit