Dragonfly

List of damselfly and dragonfly species present in Singapore

No.	Scientific Name	Common Name
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Argiolestidae
1	Podolestes orientalis	Blue-spotted flatwing
2	Echo modesta	White-faced clearwing*
3	Neurobasis chinensis	Green metalwing
4	Vestalis amethystine	Common flashwing
5	Vestalis amoena	Charming flashwing
6	Vestalis gracilis	Plain flashwing*
Family Chlorocyphidae
7	Libellago aurantiaca	Fiery gem
8	Libellago hyaline	Clearwing gem
9	Libellago lineata	Golden gem
10	Libellago stigmatizans	Orange-face gem
Family Coenagrionidae
11	Aciagrion hisopa	Blue slim
12	Agriocnemis femina	Variable wisp
13	Agriocnemis minima	Marsh wisp*
14	Agriocnemis nana	Dwarf wisp
15	Agriocnemis pygmaea	Wandering wisp
16	Amphicnemis bebar	Bebar wisp*
17	Amphicnemis gracilis	Will-o-wisp
18	Archibasis melanocyana	Blue-nosed sprite
19	Archibasis rebeccae	Rebecca’s sprite
20	Archibasis viola	Violet sprite
21	Argiocnemis rubescens	Variable sprite
22	Ceriagrion cerinorubellum	Ornate coraltail
23	Ceriagrion chaoi	Fiery coraltail
24	Ischnura senegalensis	Common bluetail
25	Mortonagrion arthuri	Arthur’s midget
26	Mortonagrion falcatum	Hooked midget
27	Pericnemis stictica	Dryad
28	Pseudagrion australasiae	Look-alike sprite
29	Pseudagrion microcephalum	Blue sprite
30	Pseudagrion pruinosum	Grey sprite
31	Pseudagrion rubriceps	Orange-faced sprite
32	Teinobasis cryptica	Cryptic shadesprite*
33	Teinobasis ruficollis	Red-tailed sprite
Family Devadattidae
34	Devadatta argyoides	Malayan grisette
Family Euphaeidae
35	Dysphaea dimidiata	Black velvetwing
36	Euphaea impar	Blue-sided satinwing
Family Lestidae
37	Lestes praemorsus	Crenulated spreadwing
38	Orolestes wallacei	Great spreadwing
39	Platylestes heterostylus	Slender spreadwing
Family Platycnemididae
40	Coeliccia albicauda	White-tailed sylvan
41	Coeliccia didyma	Twin-spotted sylvan
42	Coeliccia octogesima	Telephone sylvan
43	Copera marginipes	Yellow featherlegs
44	Copera vittata	Variable featherlegs
45	Onychargia atrocyana	Shorttail
46	Prodasineura collaris	Collared threadtail
47	Prodasineura humeralis	Orange-striped threadtail
48	Prodasineura interrupta	Interrupted threadtail
49	Prodasineura notostigma	Crescent threadtail
Family Platystictidae
50	Drepanosticta quadrata	Singapore shadowdamsel
Suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
Family Aeshnidae
51	Anax guttatus	Emperor
52	Gynacantha basiguttata	Spoon-tailed duskhawker
53	Gynacantha bayadera	Small duskhawker
54	Gynacantha dohrni	Spear-tail duskhawker
55	Gynacantha subinterrupta	Dingy duskhawker
56	Heliaeschna crassa	Nighthawker
57	Heliaeschna uninervulata	Lesser nighthawker
58	Oligoaeschna amata	Paddletail
59	Oligoaeschna foliacea	Leaftail
60	Tetracanthagyna plagiata	Giant hawker
Family Corduliidae
61	Hemicordulia tenera	Emerald
62	Idionyx yolanda	Shadowdancer
Family Gomphidae
63	Acrogomphus malayanus	Malayan hooktail*
64	Burmagomphus arthuri	Arthur’s clubtail*
65	Burmagomphus divaricatus	Splayed clubtail
66	Burmagomphus plagiatus	Lesser splayed clubtail
67	Heliogomphus kelantanensis	Malayan grappletail
68	Ictinogomphus decoratus	Common flangetail
69	Leptogomphus risi	Ris’ clubtail
70	Macrogomphus quadratus	Forktail
71	Merogomphus femoralis	Malayan spineleg
72	Microgomphus chelifer	Tiny sheartail
73	Paragomphus capricornis	Banded hooktail
Family Libellulidae
74	Acisoma panorpoides	Trumpet tail
75	Aethriamanta aethra	Blue adjudant
76	Aethriamanta brevipennis	Scarlet adjudant
77	Aethriamanta gracilis	Pond adjudant
78	Agrionoptera insignis	Grenadier
79	Agrionoptera sexlineata	Handsome grenadier
80	Brachydiplax chalybea	Blue dasher
81	Brachydiplax farinosa	Black-tailed dasher
82	Brachygonia oculata14	Pixie
83	Brachythemis contaminata	Common amberwing
84	Camacinia gigantea	Sultan
85	Chalybiothemis fluviatilis	Green-eyed percher
86	Cratilla lineata	Lined forest-skimmer
87	Cratilla metallica	Dark-tipped forest-skimmer
88	Crocothemis servilia	Common scarlet
89	Diplacodes nebulosa	Black-tipped percher
90	Diplacodes trivialis	Blue percher
91	Hydrobasileus croceus	Water monarch
92	Indothemis limbata	Restless demon
93	Lathrecista asiatica	Scarlet grenadier
94	Lyriothemis cleis	Bombardier
95	Macrodiplax cora	Coastal glider
96	Nannophya pygmaea	Scarlet pygmy
97	Nesoxenia lineata	Striped grenadier
98	Neurothemis disparilis	Rare parasol
99	Neurothemis fluctuans	Common parasol
100	Onychothemis testacea	Riverhawk
101	Orchithemis pruinans	Blue sentinel
102	Orchithemis pulcherrima	Variable sentinel
103	Orthetrum chrysis	Spine-tufted skimmer
104	Orthetrum glaucum	Blue skimmer
105	Orthetrum luzonicum	Slender blue skimmer
106	Orthetrum sabina	Variegated green skimmer
107	Orthetrum testaceum	Scarlet skimmer
108	Pantala flavescens	Wandering glider
109	Pornothemis starrei	Mangrove marshal
110	Potamarcha congener	Common chaser
111	Pseudothemis jorina	Banded skimmer
112	Raphismia bispina	Mangrove dwarf
113	Rhodothemis rufa	Common redbolt
114	Rhyothemis fulgens	Small bronze flutterer
115	Rhyothemis obsolescens	Bronze flutterer
116	Rhyothemis phyllis	Yellow-barred flutterer
117	Rhyothemis triangularis	Sapphire flutterer
118	Risiophlebia dohrni	Potbellied elf
119	Tetrathemis irregularis	Elf
120	Tholymis tillarga	White-barred duskhawk
121	Tramea transmarina	Saddlebag glider
122	Trithemis aurora	Crimson dropwing
123	Trithemis festiva	Indigo dropwing
124	Trithemis pallidinervis	Dancing dropwing
125	Tyriobapta torrida	Treehugger
126	Urothemis signata insignata	Scarlet basker
127	Zyxomma obtusum	White duskdarter*
128	Zyxomma petiolatum	Slender duskdarter
Family Macromiidae
129	Epophthalmia vittigera	Pond cruiser
130	Macromia cincta	Stream cruiser
131	Macromia cydippe	Lesser stream cruiser

* Asterisks indicate newly proposed common names in the reference below.

Reference

Ngiam, R. W. J., & Cheong, L. F. (2016). The dragonflies of Singapore: An updated checklist and revision of the national conservation statuses. Nature in Singapore, 9, 149-163.