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	Anax panybeus	Arrow Emperor
53	Gynacantha basiguttata	Spoon-tailed duskhawker
54	Gynacantha bayadera	Small duskhawker
55	Gynacantha dohrni	Spear-tail duskhawker
56	Gynacantha subinterrupta	Dingy duskhawker
57	Heliaeschna crassa	Nighthawker
58	Heliaeschna uninervulata	Lesser nighthawker
59	Oligoaeschna amata	Paddletail
60	Oligoaeschna foliacea	Leaftail
61	Tetracanthagyna plagiata	Giant hawker
Family Corduliidae
62	Hemicordulia tenera	Emerald
63	Idionyx yolanda	Shadowdancer
Family Gomphidae
64	Acrogomphus malayanus	Malayan hooktail*
65	Burmagomphus arthuri	Arthur’s clubtail*
66	Burmagomphus divaricatus	Splayed clubtail
67	Burmagomphus plagiatus	Lesser splayed clubtail
68	Heliogomphus kelantanensis	Malayan grappletail
69	Ictinogomphus decoratus	Common flangetail
70	Leptogomphus risi	Ris’ clubtail
71	Macrogomphus quadratus	Forktail
72	Merogomphus femoralis	Malayan spineleg
73	Microgomphus chelifer	Tiny sheartail
74	Paragomphus capricornis	Banded hooktail
Family Libellulidae
75	Acisoma panorpoides	Trumpet tail
76	Aethriamanta aethra	Blue adjudant
77	Aethriamanta brevipennis	Scarlet adjudant
78	Aethriamanta gracilis	Pond adjudant
79	Agrionoptera insignis	Grenadier
80	Agrionoptera sexlineata	Handsome grenadier
81	Brachydiplax chalybea	Blue dasher
82	Brachydiplax farinosa	Black-tailed dasher
83	Brachygonia oculata	Pixie
84	Brachythemis contaminata	Common amberwing
85	Camacinia gigantea	Sultan
86	Chalybiothemis fluviatilis	Green-eyed percher
87	Cratilla lineata	Lined forest-skimmer
88	Cratilla metallica	Dark-tipped forest-skimmer
89	Crocothemis servilia	Common scarlet
90	Diplacodes nebulosa	Black-tipped percher
91	Diplacodes trivialis	Blue percher
92	Hydrobasileus croceus	Water monarch
93	Indothemis carnatica	White-tipped demon
94	Indothemis limbata	Restless demon
95	Lathrecista asiatica	Scarlet grenadier
96	Lyriothemis cleis	Bombardier
97	Macrodiplax cora	Coastal glider
98	Nannophya pygmaea	Scarlet pygmy
99	Nesoxenia lineata	Striped grenadier
100	Neurothemis disparilis	Rare parasol
101	Neurothemis fluctuans	Common parasol
102	Onychothemis testacea	Riverhawk
103	Orchithemis pruinans	Blue sentinel
104	Orchithemis pulcherrima	Variable sentinel
105	Orthetrum chrysis	Spine-tufted skimmer
106	Orthetrum glaucum	Blue skimmer
107	Orthetrum luzonicum	Slender blue skimmer
108	Orthetrum sabina	Variegated green skimmer
109	Orthetrum testaceum	Scarlet skimmer
110	Pantala flavescens	Wandering glider
111	Pornothemis starrei	Mangrove marshal
112	Potamarcha congener	Common chaser
113	Pseudothemis jorina	Banded skimmer
114	Raphismia bispina	Mangrove dwarf
115	Rhodothemis rufa	Common redbolt
116	Rhyothemis fulgens	Small bronze flutterer
117	Rhyothemis obsolescens	Bronze flutterer
118	Rhyothemis phyllis	Yellow-barred flutterer
119	Rhyothemis triangularis	Sapphire flutterer
120	Risiophlebia dohrni	Potbellied elf
121	Tetrathemis irregularis	Elf
122	Tholymis tillarga	White-barred duskhawk
123	Tramea transmarina	Saddlebag glider
124	Trithemis aurora	Crimson dropwing
125	Trithemis festiva	Indigo dropwing
126	Trithemis pallidinervis	Dancing dropwing
127	Tyriobapta torrida	Treehugger
128	Urothemis signata insignata	Scarlet basker
129	Zyxomma obtusum	White duskdarter*
130	Zyxomma petiolatum	Slender duskdarter
Family Macromiidae
131	Epophthalmia vittigera	Pond cruiser
132	Macromia cincta	Stream cruiser
133	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.

Soh, J., Leng, F., Mohamed Fawzi, S. K., Thomas, N., & Ngian, R. W. J. (2018). New record of the dragonfly, Anax panybeus, in Singapore. Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2018, 19-21.

Soh, M., Ng, M., & Ngiam, R. W. J. (2019). New Singapore record of a dragonfly, Indothemis carnatica, with an updated Singapore Odonata checklist. Singapore Biodiversity Records, 2019, 10-17.