We have visited Sri Lanka just once in March 2019 and shortly after we returned all hell broke loose with some bombings. That was subsequently to be compounded by Covid-19 and financial troubles. I would love to return to do some more serious odo-hunting but things will have to settle down a bit first.
Our visit was an organized tourism trip involving some wildlife but I did manage to find 23 species of odonata freelancing as I went along.
Since I have the book on Sri Lanka, here is my transcribed alphabetical list of Sri Lanka’s 129 species, fully half of which [65] are endemics. The number of species that I’ve seen is necessarily a bit scant and is supplemented by a few that I’ve seen elsewhere.
Zygoptera (Damselflies)
- Aciagrion occidentale
- Agriocnemis femina
- Agriocnemis pygmaea
- Amphiallagma parvum
- Archibasis lieftincki
- Archibasis oscillans
- Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
- Ceriagrion coromandelianum
- Ceylonosticta adami
- Ceylonosticta alwisi
- Ceylonosticta anamia
- Ceylonosticta austeni
- Ceylonosticta bine
- Ceylonosticta brincki
- Ceylonosticta digna
- Ceylonosticta hilaris
- Ceylonosticta inferioreducta
- Ceylonosticta lankanensis
- Ceylonosticta mirifica
- Ceylonosticta mojca
- Ceylonosticta montana
- Ceylonosticta nancyae
- Ceylonosticta nietneri
- Ceylonosticta rupasinghe
- Ceylonosticta submontana
- Ceylonosticta subtropica
- Ceylonosticta tropica
- Ceylonosticta venusta
- Ceylonosticta walli
- Copera marginipes
- Elattoneura caesia
- Elattoneura centralis
- Elattoneura leucostigma
- Elattoneura oculata
- Elattoneura tenax
- Euphaea splendens
- Indolestes divisus
- Indolestes gracilis
- Ischnura aurora
- Ischnura senegalensis
- Lestes elatus
- Lestes malabaricus
- Lestes praemorsus
- Libellago adami
- Libellago corbeti
- Libellago finalis
- Libellago greeni
- Mortonagrion ceylonicum
- Neurobasis chinensis
- Onychargia atrocyana
- Paracercion malayanum
- Platysticta apicalis
- Platysticta maculata
- Platysticta secreta
- Platysticta serendibica
- Prodasineura sita
- Pseudagrion decorum
- Pseudagrion malabaricum
- Pseudagrion microcephalum
- Pseudagrion rubriceps
- Sinhalestes orientalis
- Vestails apicalis
Anisoptera (Dragonflies)
- Acisoma panorpoides
- Aethriamanta brevipennis
- Anaciaeschna donaldi
- Anax ephippiger
- Anax guttatus
- Anax immaculifrons
- Anax indicus
- Anax tristis
- Anisogomphuys ceylonicus
- Brachydiplax sobrina
- Brachythernis contaminata
- Bradinopyga geminata
- Burmagomphus pyramidalis
- Cratilla lineata
- Crocothemis servilia
- Cyclogomphys gynostylus
- Diplacodes nebulosa
- Diplacodes trivialis
- Epophthalmia vittata
- Gomphidia pearsoni
- Gynacantha dravida
- Gynacantha millard
- Heliogomphus walli
- Heliogomphuys lyratus
- Heliogomphuys nietneri
- Hydrobasileus croceus
- Hylaeothemis fruhstorferi
- Ictinogomphus rapax
- Indothemis carnatica
- Indothemis limbata
- Lathrecista asiatica
- Lyriothemis defonsekai
- Macrodiplax cora
- Macrogomphus annulatus
- Macrogomphus lankanensis
- Macromia flinti
- Macromia zeylanica
- Macromidia donaldi
- Megalogomphus ceylonicus
- Microgomphus wijaya
- Neurothemis intermedia
- Neurothemis tullia
- Onychothemis testacea
- Orthetrum chrysis
- Orthetrum glaucum
- Orthetrum luzonicum
- Orthetrum pruinosum
- Orthetrum sabina
- Orthetrum triangulare
- Pantala flavescens
- Paragomphus campestris
- Paragomphus henryi
- Potamarcha congener
- Rhodothemis rufa
- Rhyothemis triangularis
- Rhyothemis variegata
- Sympetrum fonscolombii
- Tetrathemis yerburii
- Tholymis tillarga
- Tramea basilaris
- Tramea limbata
- Trithemis aurora
- Trithemis festiva
- Trithemis pallidinervis
- Urothemis signata
- Zygonyx iris
- Zyxomma petiolatum