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List of Odonata species of Taiwan

The following is a list of Odonata species found in Taiwan. The total number of species, with damselflies and dragonflies, recorded is 156, within including 14 endemic species and 10 endemic subspecies.

Anisoptera
Aeshnidae AeshnaAeshna petalura taiyal Asahina, 1938 ※endemic subspecies AnaciaeschnaAnaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839) • Anaciaeschna martini Selys, 1897 AnaxAnax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839) • Anax nigrofasciatus nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915 • Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867 • Anax parthenope julius Brauer, 1865 CephaleschnaCephalaeschna risi Asahina, 1981 GynacanthaGynacantha bayadera Selys, 1891 • Gynacantha hyalina Selys, 1882 • Gynacantha japonica Bartenef, 1909 • Gynacantha ryukyuensis Asahina, 1962 • Gynacantha saltatrix Martin, 1909 Periaeschna magdalenaPeriaeschna magdalena Martin, 1909 PlanaeschnaPlanaeschna ishigakiana flavostria Yeh, 1996 ※endemic subspecies • Planaeschna risi risi Asahina, 1964 • Planaeschna taiwana Asahina, 1951 ※endemic species PolycanthagynaPolycanthagyna erythromelas (McLachlan, 1896) • Polycanthagyna melanictera (Selys, 1883) • Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896) SarasaeschnaSarasaeschna lieni (Yeh et Chen, 2000) ※endemic species • Sarasaeschna pyanan (Asahina, 1915) ※endemic species • Sarasaeschna tsaopiensis (Yeh et Chen, 2000) ※endemic species Gomphidae AnisogomphusAnisogomphus koxingai Chao, 1954 • Anisogomphus maacki (Selys, 1872) AsiagomphusAsiagomphus hainanensis (Chao, 1953) • Asiagomphus pacificus (Chao, 1953) • Asiagomphus perlaetus (Chao, 1953) • Asiagomphus septimus (Needham, 1930) BumagomphusBumagomphus vermicularis (Matin, 1904) FukienogomphusFukienogomphus prometheus (Lieftinck, 1939) GomphidiaGomphidia confluens Selys, 1878 • Gomphidia kruegeri fukienensis Chao, 1955 HeliogomphusHeliogomphus retroflexus (Ris, 1912) IctinogomphusIctinogomphus rapax (Rambur, 1842) LamelligomphusLamelligomphus formosanus (Matsumursa, 1926) LeptogomphusLeptogomphus sauteri Ris, 1912 • L. s. formosanus Matsumura, 1926 ※endemic species • L. s. sauteri Ris, 1912 ※endemic species MerogomphusMerogomphus paviei Martin, 1904 SieboldiusSieboldius deflexus (Chao, 1955) SinictinogomphusSinictinogomphus clavatus (Fabricius, 1775) SinogomphusSinogomphus formosanus Asahina, 1951 ※endemic species StylogomphusStylogomphus change Asahina, 1968 ※endemic species • Stylogomphus shirozui shirozui Asahina, 1966 ※endemic species StylurusStylurus takashii (Asahina, 1966) ※endemic species Cordulegastridae AnotogasterAnotogaster flaveola Lohemann, 1993 ※endemic species • Anotogaster sieboldii (Selys, 1854) ChlorogomphusChlorogomphus brevistigma Oguma, 1926 ※endemic species • Chlorogomphus risi Chen, 1950 ※endemic species • Chlorogomphus splendidus Selys, 1878 • Chlorogomphus suzukii (Oguma, 1926) Cordullidae EpophthalmiaEpophthalmia elegans (Brauer, 1865) HemicorduliaHemicordulia mindana nipponica Asahina, 1980 MacromiaMacromia chui Asahina, 1968 ※endemic species • Macromia clio Ris, 1916 • Macromia urania Ris, 1916 MacromidiaMacromidia ishidai Asahina, 1964 SomatochloraSomatochlora taiwana Inoue and Yokota, 2001 ※endemic species Libellulidae AcisomaAcisoma panorpoides panorpoides Rambur, 1842 AgrionopteraAgrionoptera insignis similis Selys, 1879 BrachydiplaxBrachydiplax chalybea flavovittata Ris, 1911 BrachythemisBrachythemis contaminata (Fabricius, 1793) CratillaCratilla lineata assidua Lieftinck, 1953 CrocothemisCrocothemis servilia servilia (Drury, 1770) DeieliaDeielia phaon (Selys, 1883) DiplacodesDiplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842) HydrobasileusHydrobasileus croceus (Brauer, 1867) LathrecisataLathrecisata asiatica asiatica (Frbricius, 1798) LyriothemisLyriothemis flava Oguma, 1915 • Lyriothemis elegantissima Selys, 1883 MacrodiplaxMacrodiplax cora (Brauer, 1867) NannophyaNannophya pygmaea Rambur, 1842 NannophyopsisNannophyopsis clara (Needham, 1930) NeurothemisNeurothemis fulvia (Drury, 1773) • Neurothemis ramburii (Kaup, 1866) • Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury, 1773) OnychothemisOnychothemis testacea tonkinensis Martin, 1904 OrthetrumOrthetrum albistyla speciosum (Uhler, 1858) • Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865) • Orthetrum japonicum internum McLachlan, 1894 • Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer, 1868) • Orthetrum melania (Selys, 1883) • Orthetrum pruinosum (Burmeister, 1839) • O. p. clelia (Selys, 1878) • O. p. neglectum (Rambur, 1842) • Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury, 1770) • Orthetrum testaceum testaceum (Burmeister, 1839) • Orthetrum triangulare (Selys, 1878) PantalaPantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) PotamarchaPotamarcha congener congener (Rambur, 1842) PseudothemisPseudothemis zonata (Burmeister, 1839) RhyothemisRhyothemis regia regia (Brauer, 1867) • Rhyothemis fuliginosa Selys, 1883 • Rhyothemis severini Ris, 1913 • Rhyothemis triangularis Kirby, 1889 • Rhyothemis variegate arria (Drury, 1773) SympetrumSympetrum baccha baccha (Selys, 1884) • Sympetrum darwinianum (Selys, 1883) • Sympetrum eroticum ardens (McLachlan, 1894) • Sympetrum kunckeli (Selys, 1884) • Sympetrum cordulegaster (Selys, 1883) • Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841) • Sympetrum speciosum taiwanum Asahina, 1951 ※endemic subspecies • Sympetrum fonscolombei (Selys, 1840) TholymisTholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798) TrameaTramea transmarina Brauer, 1867 • T. t. euryale (Selys, 1878) • T. t. propinqua (Lieftinck, 1942) • Tramea Virginia (Rambur, 1842) TrithemisTrithemis aurora (Burmeister, 1839) • Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842) • Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby, 1889) UrothemisUrothemis signata yiei Asahina, 1972 ※endemic subspecies ZygonyxZygonyx takasago Asahina, 1966 ZyxommaZyxomma obtusum Albarda, 1881 • Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur, 1842 ==Zygoptera==
Zygoptera
Coenagrionidae Aciagrion migratumAciagrion migratum (Selys, 1876) AgriocnemisAgriocnemis femina oryzae Lieftinck, 1962 • Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842) CeriagrionCeriagrion auranticum ryukyuanum Asahina, 1967 • Ceriagrion fallax fallax Ris, 1914 • Ceriagrion melanurum Selys, 1876 • Ceriagrion nipponicum Asahina, 1967 IschnuraIschnura asiatica (Brauer, 1865) • Ischnura aurora aurora (Brauer, 1865) • Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) MortonagrionMortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972 • Mortonagrion selenion (Ris, 1916) OnychargiaOnychargia atrocyana Selys, 1865 ParacercionParacercion calamorum dyeri (Fraser, 1919) • Paracercion sexlineatum (Selys, 1883) • Paracercion sieboldii (Selys, 1876) PseudagrionPseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842) • Pseudagrion pilidorsum pilidorsum (Brauer, 1868) Platycnemididae CalicnemiaCalicnemia eximia (Selys, 1863) CoelicciaCoeliccia cyanomelas Ris, 1912 • Coeliccia flavicauda flavicauda Ris, 1912 ※endemic subspecies CoperaCopera ciliata (Selys, 1863) • Copera marginipes (Rambur, 1842) ProtoneuridaeProdasineura croconota (Ris, 1916) Euphaeidae BayaderaBayadera brevicauda brevicauda Fraser, 1928 ※endemic subspecies EuphaeaEuphaea formosa Hagen, 1869 ※endemic species Lestidae IndolestesIndolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862) LestesLestes concinnus Hagen, 1862 • Lestes praemorsus decipiens Kirby 1893 OrolestesOrolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895 MegapodagrionidaeRhipidolestes aculeatus aculeatus Ris, 1912 Synlestidae MegalestesMegalestes maai Chen, 1947 SinolestesSinolestes editus Needham, 1930 Calopterygidae MatronaMatrona cyanoptera Hamalainen and Yeh, 2000 ※endemic species MnaisMnais andersoni tenuis Oguma, 1913 NeurobasisNeurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) PsolodesmusPsolodesmus mandarinus McLachlan, 1870 • P. m. dorothea Williamson, 1904 ※endemic subspecies • P. m. mandarinus McLachlan, 1870 ※endemic subspecies Chlorocyphidae AristocyphaAristocypha baibarana (Matsumura, 1931) ※endemic species HeliocyphaHeliocypha perforate perforate (Percheron, 1835) LibellagoLibellago lineata lineata (Burmeister, 1839) ==Notes==
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