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 |
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.