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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.

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Damselflies of Sri Lanka ¹
Zygoptera

Narrow-winged Damselflies ²
Coenagrionidae

Blue-tailed Damselfly ³
Ischnura elegans

Variable Wisp ⁴
Agriocnemis femina

Western Golden Dartlet ⁵
Ischnura rubilio

Common Bluetail ⁶
Ischnura senegalensis

Asian Slim ⁷
Aciagrion occidentale

Wandering Midget ⁸
Agriocnemis pygmaea

Lieftinck’s Sprite ⁹
Archibasis lieftincki

Orange-tailed Marsh Dart ¹⁰
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum

Coromandel Marsh Dart ¹¹
Ceriagrion coromandelianum

Sri Lanka Midget ⁹
Mortonagrion ceylonicum

Malay Lilysquatter ¹²
Paracercion malayanum

Three Striped Blue Dart ¹³
Pseudagrion decorum

Malabar Sprite ¹⁴
Pseudagrion malabaricum

Blue Riverdamsel ¹⁵
Pseudagrion microcephalum

Orange-faced Sprite ¹²
Pseudagrion rubriceps

White-legged damselflies ¹⁶
Platycnemididae

Yellow featherlegs ¹⁷
Copera marginipes

Elattoneura caesia ¹⁸

Dark-glittering Threadtail ¹⁹
Elattoneura centralis

Smoky-winged Threadtail ⁹
Elattoneura leucostigma

Two-spotted Threadtail ¹⁸
Elattoneura oculata

Red-stripped Threadtail ²⁰
Elattoneura tenax

Marsh Dancer ¹²
Onychargia atrocyana

Stripe-headed Threadtail ²¹
Prodasineura sita

Shadowdamsels ²²
Platystictidae

Adam's Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta adami

Alwis's shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta alwisi

Ana Mia's shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta anamia

Austin's Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta austeni

Ceylonosticta inferioreducta

Bine's Shadowdamsel ¹⁹
Ceylonosticta bine

Brinck's Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta brincki

Ceylonosticta mirifica

Nobel Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta digna

Ceylonosticta goodalei

Merry Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta hilaris

Drooping Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta lankanensis

Mojca's Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta mojca

Dark Knob-tipped Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta montana

Alwisi's shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta nancyae

Nietner's Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta nietneri

Rupasinghe's Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta rupasinghe

Bordered Knob-tipped Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta submontana

Dark-shouldered Cornuted Shadowdamsel ⁹
Ceylonosticta tropica

Wall's Shadowdamsel ²³
Ceylonosticta walli

Dark Forestdamsel ⁹
Platysticta apicalis

Blurry Forestdamsel ⁹
Platysticta maculata

Platysticta secreta ⁹

Serendib Forestdamsel ¹⁴
Platysticta serendibica

Broad-winged Damselflies ²⁴
Calopterygidae

Stream Glory ²⁵
Neurobasis chinensis

Black-tipped Demoiselle ¹⁸
Vestalis nigrescens

Spread-winged Damselflies ²⁶
Lestidae

Closed-wing Reedling ⁹
Indolestes divisus

Mountain reedling ⁹
Indolestes gracilis

Emerald Spreadwing ²⁷
Lestes elatus

Scalloped Spreadwing ²⁸
Lestes praemorsus

Emerald Sri Lankan Spreadwing ⁹
Sinhalestes orientalis

Jewels ²⁹
Chlorocyphidae

Adam's Gem ²¹
Libellago adami

Ebony Gem ¹⁹
Libellago corbeti

Ultima Gem ⁹
Libellago finalis

Green's Gem ³⁰
Libellago greeni

Gossamerwings ³¹
Euphaeidae

Shining Gossamerwing ³²
Euphaea splendens

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