Libellulidae

Classification

Genera in Libellulidae

• Orthetrum — 68 species: Orthetrum abbotti, Orthetrum africanum, Orthetrum agaricum, Orthetrum albistylum, Orthetrum andamanicum, Orthetrum angustiventre, Orthetrum austeni, Orthetrum austrosundanum
• Sympetrum — 66 species: Sympetrum ambiguum, Sympetrum arenicolor, Sympetrum baccha, Sympetrum basale, Sympetrum bigoti, Sympetrum cantalensis, Sympetrum chaconi, Sympetrum cordulegaster
• Erythrodiplax — 62 species: Erythrodiplax abjecta, Erythrodiplax acantha, Erythrodiplax amazonica, Erythrodiplax ana, Erythrodiplax anatoidea, Erythrodiplax andagoya, Erythrodiplax angustipennis, Erythrodiplax anomala
• Libellula — 59 species: Libellula 4-maculata, Libellula adriatica, Libellula angelina, Libellula antiqua, Libellula auripennis, Libellula axilena, Libellula brodiei, Libellula brodieri
• Trithemis — 53 species: Trithemis aconita, Trithemis aenea, Trithemis aequalis, Trithemis africana, Trithemis annulata, Trithemis anomala, Trithemis apicalis, Trithemis arteriosa
• Micrathyria — 48 species: Micrathyria aequalis, Micrathyria almeidai, Micrathyria artemis, Micrathyria athenais, Micrathyria atra, Micrathyria borgmeieri, Micrathyria caerulistyla, Micrathyria cambridgei
• Macrothemis — 43 species: Macrothemis absimile, Macrothemis absimilis, Macrothemis aurimaculata, Macrothemis belliata, Macrothemis brevidens, Macrothemis calliste, Macrothemis capitata, Macrothemis celeno
• Diplacina — 28 species: Diplacina anthaxia, Diplacina antigone, Diplacina arsinoe, Diplacina bolivari, Diplacina braueri, Diplacina callirrhoe, Diplacina clymene, Diplacina cyrene
• Orthemis — 28 species: Orthemis aciculata, Orthemis aequilibris, Orthemis ambinigra, Orthemis ambirufa, Orthemis anthracina, Orthemis attenuata, Orthemis biolleyi, Orthemis celata
• Zygonyx — 27 species: Zygonyx annika, Zygonyx asahinai, Zygonyx atritibiae, Zygonyx chrysobaphes, Zygonyx constellatus, Zygonyx denticulatus, Zygonyx dionyx, Zygonyx elisabethae
• Nannophlebia — 26 species: Nannophlebia adonira, Nannophlebia aerostiba, Nannophlebia agalma, Nannophlebia aglaia, Nannophlebia alexia, Nannophlebia amaryllis, Nannophlebia amnosia, Nannophlebia amphicyllis
• Oligoclada — 25 species: Oligoclada abbreviata, Oligoclada amphinome, Oligoclada borrori, Oligoclada calverti, Oligoclada crocogaster, Oligoclada garrisoni, Oligoclada haywardi, Oligoclada heliophila
• Rhyothemis — 23 species: Rhyothemis aterrima, Rhyothemis braganza, Rhyothemis cognata, Rhyothemis fenestrina, Rhyothemis fulgens, Rhyothemis fuliginosa, Rhyothemis graphiptera, Rhyothemis hurleyi
• Tramea — 22 species: Tramea abdominalis, Tramea aquila, Tramea basilaris, Tramea binotata, Tramea carolina, Tramea cophysa, Tramea darwini, Tramea eurybia
• Neurothemis — 19 species: Neurothemis decora, Neurothemis degener, Neurothemis disparilis, Neurothemis feralis, Neurothemis fluctuans, Neurothemis fulvia, Neurothemis intermedia, Neurothemis luctuosa
• Lyriothemis — 17 species: Lyriothemis acigastra, Lyriothemis biappendiculata, Lyriothemis bivittata, Lyriothemis cleis, Lyriothemis defonsekai, Lyriothemis elegantissima, Lyriothemis eurydice, Lyriothemis hirundo
• Brechmorhoga — 15 species: Brechmorhoga diplosema, Brechmorhoga flavoannulata, Brechmorhoga flavopunctata, Brechmorhoga innupta, Brechmorhoga latialata, Brechmorhoga mendax, Brechmorhoga neblinae, Brechmorhoga nubecula
• Huonia — 15 species: Huonia arborophila, Huonia aruana, Huonia daphne, Huonia epinephela, Huonia ferentina, Huonia hylophila, Huonia hypsophila, Huonia melvillensis
• Neodythemis — 15 species: Neodythemis afra, Neodythemis arnoulti, Neodythemis campioni, Neodythemis fitzgeraldi, Neodythemis hildebrandti, Neodythemis infra, Neodythemis katanga, Neodythemis klingi
• Leucorrhinia — 14 species: Leucorrhinia albifrons, Leucorrhinia borealis, Leucorrhinia caudalis, Leucorrhinia dubia, Leucorrhinia frigida, Leucorrhinia glacialis, Leucorrhinia hudsonica, Leucorrhinia intacta
• Tetrathemis — 14 species: Tetrathemis camerunensis, Tetrathemis corduliformis, Tetrathemis denticauda, Tetrathemis flavescens, Tetrathemis fraseri, Tetrathemis godiardi, Tetrathemis hyalina, Tetrathemis irregularis
• Aethiothemis — 13 species: Aethiothemis basilewskyi, Aethiothemis bella, Aethiothemis bequaerti, Aethiothemis circe, Aethiothemis coryndoni, Aethiothemis ellioti, Aethiothemis erythromelas, Aethiothemis gamblesi
• Perithemis — 12 species: Perithemis bella, Perithemis capixaba, Perithemis cornelia, Perithemis domitia, Perithemis electra, Perithemis icteroptera, Perithemis intensa, Perithemis lais
• Diplacodes — 11 species: Diplacodes bipunctata, Diplacodes deminuta, Diplacodes exilis, Diplacodes haematodes, Diplacodes lefebvrii, Diplacodes luminans, Diplacodes melanopsis, Diplacodes nebulosa
• Urothemis — 11 species:
• Celithemis — 10 species:
• Crocothemis — 10 species:
• Erythemis — 10 species:
• Agrionoptera — 9 species:
• Nannophya — 9 species:
• Diastatops — 8 species:
• Elasmothemis — 8 species:
• Onychothemis — 8 species:
• Brachydiplax — 7 species:
• Brachythemis — 7 species:
• Dythemis — 7 species:
• Hadrothemis — 7 species:
• Lanthanusa — 7 species:
• Palpopleura — 7 species:
• Porpax — 7 species:
• Uracis — 7 species:
• Acisoma — 6 species:
• Aethriamanta — 6 species:
• Atoconeura — 6 species:
• Eleuthemis — 6 species:
• Malgassophlebia — 6 species:
• Nephepeltia — 6 species:
• Tauriphila — 6 species:
• Zyxomma — 6 species:
• Bironides — 5 species:
• Diplax — 5 species:
• Microtrigonia — 5 species:
• Nesciothemis — 5 species:
• Planiplax — 5 species:
• Rhodopygia — 5 species:
• Bradinopyga — 4 species:
• Dasythemis — 4 species:
• Gynothemis — 4 species:
• Hylaeothemis — 4 species:
• Idiataphe — 4 species:
• Micromacromia — 4 species:
• Misagria — 4 species:
• Protorthemis — 4 species:
• Rhodothemis — 4 species:
• Tyriobapta — 4 species:
• Zenithoptera — 4 species:
• Zygonoides — 4 species:
• Amphithemis — 3 species:
• Brachygonia — 3 species:
• Brachymesia — 3 species:
• Camacinia — 3 species:
• Cannaphila — 3 species:
• Chalybeothemis — 3 species:
• Hydrobasileus — 3 species:
• Ladona — 3 species:
• Orchithemis — 3 species:
• Paltothemis — 3 species:
• Pantala — 3 species:
• Potamarcha — 3 species:
• Akrothemis — 2 species:
• Anatya — 2 species:
• Antidythemis — 2 species:
• Calophlebia — 2 species:
• Celebophlebia — 2 species:
• Cratilla — 2 species:
• Deielia — 2 species:
• Elga — 2 species:
• Hemistigma — 2 species:
• Indothemis — 2 species:
• Macrodiplax — 2 species:
• Miathyria — 2 species:
• Nannophyopsis — 2 species:
• Nesoxenia — 2 species:
• Notiothemis — 2 species:
• Palaeothemis — 2 species:
• Phyllothemis — 2 species:
• Plathemis — 2 species:
• Pornothemis — 2 species:
• Pseudothemis — 2 species:
• Raphismia — 2 species:
• Risiophlebia — 2 species:
• Thermochoria — 2 species:
• Thermorthemis — 2 species:
• Tholymis — 2 species:
• Trithetrum — 2 species:
• Argyrothemis — 1 species:
• Atratothemis — 1 species:
• Austrothemis — 1 species:
• Boninthemis — 1 species:
• Carajathemis — 1 species:
• Caussanelia — 1 species:
• Celebothemis — 1 species:
• Chalcostephia — 1 species:
• Cyanothemis — 1 species:
• Edonis — 1 species:
• Epithemis — 1 species:
• Fylgia — 1 species:
• Garrisonia — 1 species:
• Hypothemis — 1 species:
• Jeanlegrandia — 1 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.