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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 with some recent additions and a modernized classification.

Suborder Anisozygoptera

Family Epiophlebiidae

Suborder Zygoptera – damselflies

Family Amphipterygidae – diplebiidae

Family Calopterygidae – jewelwings

Family Chlorocyphidae

Family Euphaeidae

Family Synlestidae

Family Lestidae

Family Coenagrionidae

Family Platycnemididae – featherlegs

Calicnemia nipalica

Family Platystictidae – forest damsels

Family Protoneuridae

Suborder Anisoptera – dragonflies

Family Gomphidae

Family Aeshnidae

Family Cordulegastridae

Family Corduliidae

Family Macromiidae

Family Libellulidae

Trithemis festiva (black stream glider)

See also

References

  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. ^ 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".

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