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DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF SRI LANKA
DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF SRI LANKA
1st Edition
A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE ODONATA ORDER OF SRI LANKA.
Created from material from the iNaturalist database as part of a personal study into the dragonflies and damselflies of Sri Lanka.
Learn, Explore, ...more ↓
DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF SRI LANKA
1st Edition
A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE ODONATA ORDER OF SRI LANKA.
Created from material from the iNaturalist database as part of a personal study into the dragonflies and damselflies of Sri Lanka.
Learn, Explore, Enjoy and Discover the precious odonates of our Island.
Always keep in mind to conserve these precious creatures, they are natures mosquito controllers. Build a small pond in your garden to help these beauties that have survived longer than the dinosaurs.
Chandula Suriyapperuma
(Greenpigeons Naturalist lk)
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- All 147
- Family
- Aeshnidae 6
- Calopterygidae 2
- Chlorocyphidae 4
- Coenagrionidae 14
- Euphaeidae 1
- Gomphidae 12
- Lestidae 5
- Libellulidae 49
- Macromiidae 3
- Platycnemididae 8
- Platystictidae 24
- Synthemistidae 1
- Species
- Aciagrion occidentale 1
- Acisoma panorpoides 1
- Aethriamanta brevipennis 1
- Agriocnemis femina 1
- Agriocnemis pygmaea 1
- Anaciaeschna martini 1
- Anax ephippiger 1
- Anax guttatus 1
- Anax indicus 1
- Archibasis lieftincki 1
- Brachythemis contaminata 1
- Burmagomphus pyramidalis 1
- Ceriagrion cerinorubellum 1
- Ceriagrion coromandelianum 1
- Ceylonosticta adami 1
- Ceylonosticta alwisi 1
- Ceylonosticta anamia 1
- Ceylonosticta brincki 1
- Ceylonosticta goodalei 1
- Ceylonosticta inferioreducta 1
- Ceylonosticta lankanensis 1
- Ceylonosticta mirifica 1
- Ceylonosticta mojca 1
- Ceylonosticta montana 1
- Ceylonosticta nancyae 1
- Ceylonosticta nietneri 1
- Ceylonosticta rupasinghe 1
- Ceylonosticta submontana 1
- Ceylonosticta tropica 1
- Ceylonosticta walli 1
- Crocothemis servilia 2
- Cyclogomphus gynostylus 1
- Diplacodes nebulosa 1
- Diplacodes trivialis 1
- Elattoneura centralis 1
- Elattoneura leucostigma 1
- Elattoneura tenax 1
- Epophthalmia vittata 1
- Euphaea splendens 1
- Gomphidia pearsoni 1
- Heliogomphus lyratus 1
- Heliogomphus nietneri 1
- Heliogomphus walli 1
- Ictinogomphus rapax 1
- Indolestes divisus 1
- Indolestes gracilis 1
- Indothemis carnatica 1
- Indothemis limbata 1
- Ischnura elegans 1
- Ischnura rubilio 1
- Ischnura senegalensis 1
- Lathrecista asiatica 2
- Lestes elatus 1
- Lestes praemorsus 1
- Libellago adami 1
- Libellago corbeti 1
- Libellago finalis 1
- Libellago greeni 1
- Macrodiplax cora 1
- Macrogomphus lankanensis 1
- Macromia flinti 1
- Macromia zeylanica 1
- Macromidia donaldi 1
- Megalogomphus ceylonicus 1
- Microgomphus wijaya 1
- Mortonagrion ceylonicum 1
- Neurobasis chinensis 1
- Neurothemis tullia 1
- Onychothemis testacea 1
- Orthetrum chrysis 1
- Orthetrum glaucum 1
- Orthetrum luzonicum 1
- Orthetrum pruinosum 2
- Orthetrum sabina 2
- Orthetrum triangulare 1
- Palpopleura sexmaculata 1
- Pantala flavescens 1
- Paracercion malayanum 1
- Paragomphus campestris 1
- Paragomphus henryi 1
- Platysticta apicalis 1
- Platysticta maculata 1
- Platysticta secreta 1
- Platysticta serendibica 1
- Potamarcha congener 1
- Pseudagrion decorum 1
- Pseudagrion malabaricum 1
- Pseudagrion microcephalum 1
- Pseudagrion rubriceps 1
- Rhyothemis triangularis 1
- Rhyothemis variegata 2
- Sinhalestes orientalis 1
- Sympetrum fonscolombii 1
- Tetrathemis yerburii 1
- Tholymis tillarga 1
- Tramea basilaris 1
- Tramea limbata 1
- Trithemis aurora 1
- Trithemis festiva 1
- Trithemis kirbyi 1
- Trithemis pallidinervis 1
- Urothemis signata 2
- Vestalis nigrescens 1
- Zygonyx iris 1
- Zyxomma petiolatum 1
- Suborder
- Anisoptera 72
- Zygoptera 57
- Tags
- Blue Dragonflies 14
- critically endangered 28
- endemic 51
- migrant 1
- multicolour dragonflies 12
- reds 21
Spread-winged Damselflies
1
Lestidae
Closed-wing Reedling
2
Indolestes divisus
Mountain reedling
2
Indolestes gracilis
Emerald Spreadwing
3
Lestes elatus
Scalloped Spreadwing
4
Lestes praemorsus
Emerald Sri Lankan Spreadwing
2
Sinhalestes orientalis
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Photo Credits
- 1. (c) Lauren Sobkoviak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
- 2. (c) Amila P Sumanapala, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amila P Sumanapala
- 3. (c) Seth Wollney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Seth Wollney
- 4. (c) purperlibel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by purperlibel
