🦋 Family

Libellulidae

293 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Odonata › Libellulidae

Zyxomma petiolatum is a medium, crepuscular brown dragonfly with green eyes that hunts flying insects over calm water bodies.

Zyxomma elgneri, the short-tailed duskdarter, is a small dull-marked dragonfly found across Australia and New Guinea.

Uracis imbuta, the tropical woodskimmer, is a dragonfly species in genus Uracis first described in 1839.

Nannodiplax rubra, the pygmy percher, is a tiny red dragonfly found in Australia and New Guinea. It is in the monotypic genus Nannodiplax.

Raphismia bispina, the spiny-chested percher, is a small libellulid dragonfly found across Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australian mangroves.

Related Families

Coenagrionidae 181 species Gomphidae 107 species Aeshnidae 91 species Corduliidae 59 species Lestidae 49 species Calopterygidae 28 species Platycnemididae 19 species Synthemistidae 13 species

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