List of least concern insects
- : 1 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 195 species
- Endangered (EN): 343 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 608 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 301 species
- Least concern (LC): 2,843 species
- Data deficient (DD): 1,702 species
Insect species (IUCN, 2016.1)
- 5993 extant species have been evaluated
- 4291 of those are fully assessed[a]
- 3144 are not threatened at present[b]
- 1146 to 2848 are threatened[c]
- 59 to 105 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 58 extinct (EX) species[d]
- 1 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 46 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
- ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
- ^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
- ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
- ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 2843 least concern insect species.[1] 47% of all evaluated insect species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 12 insect subspecies as least concern.
No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of least concern insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.
Earwigs[]
Blattodea[]
Phasmatodea species[]
- (Carausius alluaudi)
- (Carausius gardineri)
- (Carausius sechellensis)
- Seychelles leaf insect (Phyllium bioculatum)
Termites[]
Orthoptera[]
There are 184 species and six subspecies in the order Orthoptera assessed as least concern.
Crickets[]
- (Modicogryllus cyprius)
- (Ovaliptila lindbergi)
- (Ovaliptila newmanae)
Acridids[]
- Slender burrowing grasshopper (Acrotylus patruelis)
- (Arminda brunneri)
- (Arminda burri)
- (Arminda fuerteventurae)
- (Arminda lancerottensis)
- (Arminda latifrons)
- (Arminda palmae)
- (Brachycrotaphus sjostedti)
- Canarian pincer grasshopper (Calliptamus plebeius)
- (Catantops tanganus)
- (Chorthippus biroi)
- Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
- (Chorthippus cialancensis)
- (Chorthippus moreanus)
- (Chorthippus sangiorgii)
- (Chorthippus willemsei)
- (Coenona brevipedalis)
- (Heteracris coerulipes)
- (Italopodisma baccettii)
- (Italopodisma costae)
- (Italopodisma ebneri)
- (Oedipoda canariensis)
- (Oedipoda venusta)
- (Omocestus simonyi)
- (Pezotettix cypria)
- (Pezotettix lagoi)
- (Sphingonotus fuerteventurae)
- (Sphingonotus pachecoi)
- (Sphingonotus sublaevis)
- (Sphingonotus willemsei)
- (Stenobothrus apenninus)
Tettigoniids[]
Species
- Armoured katydid (Acanthoplus discoidalis)
- Long-legged armoured katydid (Acanthoplus longipes)
- (Acanthoplus speiseri)
- Antlered thorny katydid (Acanthoproctus cervinus)
- Skeleton coast thorny katydid (Acanthoproctus diadematus)
- Striped thorny katydid (Acanthoproctus vittatus)
- Limpopo false shieldback (Acilacris obovatus)
- Alfred's shieldback (Alfredectes semiaeneus)
- (Amyttacta farrelli)
- Rentz's false shieldback (Aroegas rentzi)
- (Arytropteris granulithorax)
- (Bradyporus oniscus)
- Common ceresia (Ceresia pulchripes)
- (Clonia assimilis)
- (Clonia caudata)
- (Clonia kalahariensis)
- Giant black-winged clonia (Clonia melanoptera)
- (Clonia minuta)
- (Clonia saussurei)
- (Clonia tessellata)
- (Clonia vansoni)
- (Clonia vittata)
- (Clonia wahlbergi)
- (Conocephalus caudalis)
- African cone-head (Conocephalus conocephalus)
- (Conocephalus iris)
- (Conocephalus longiceps)
- Spotted meadow katydid (Conocephalus maculatus)
- (Conocephalus montana)
- (Enyaliopsis transvaalensis)
- (Eupholidoptera epirotica)
- (Eupholidoptera kykladica)
- Greek marbled bush-cricket (Eupholidoptera megastyla)
- (Gampsocleis abbreviata)
- Steppe spiny bush-cricket (Gampsocleis glabra)
- (Hemihetrodes bachmanni)
- (Hetrodes pupus)
- (Lanista annulicornis)
- (Metrioptera tsirojanni)
- (Modestana ebneri)
- (Peringueyella jocosa)
- (Pseudorhynchus hastifer)
- (Pseudorhynchus pungens)
- (Rhacocleis edentata)
- (Rhacocleis graeca)
- (Rhacocleis insularis)
- (Ruspolia ampla)
- Greek predatory bush-cricket (Saga hellenica)
- (Thoracistus viridifer)
- (Zuludectes modestus)
Subspecies
- (Pseudorhynchus pungens meridionalis)
Rhaphidophorids[]
- (Dolichopoda hussoni)
- (Dolichopoda lustriae)
- (Dolichopoda makrykapa)
- (Dolichopoda palpata)
- (Dolichopoda patrizii)
- (Dolichopoda remyi)
- (Dolichopoda unicolor)
- (Dolichopoda vandeli)
- (Troglophilus cavicola)
- (Troglophilus lagoi)
- (Troglophilus spinulosus)
Phaneropterids[]
Species
- (Acauloplax exigua)
- (Acrometopa cretensis)
- (Anoedopoda lamellata)
- Namibian black-kneed katydid (Aprosphylus hybridus)
- Olszanowski's black-kneed katydid (Aprosphylus olszanowskii)
- (Arantia fasciata)
- (Austrodontura capensis)
- (Brinckiella wilsoni)
- (Catoptropteryx aurita)
- (Corymeta amplectens)
- (Cymatomera denticollis)
- (Cymatomerella spilophora)
- (Ducetia sagitta)
- (Eulioptera flexilima)
- (Eulioptera reticulata)
- (Eulioptera spinulosa)
- (Eurycorypha cereris)
- (Eurycorypha lesnei)
- (Eurycorypha meruensis)
- (Eurycorypha proserpinae)
- (Griffiniana capensis)
- (Griffiniana longipes)
- (Horatosphaga serrifera)
- (Horatosphaga stylifera)
- (Isophya andreevae)
- (Isophya bureschi)
- (Isophya clara)
- (Isophya lemnotica)
- (Isophya miksici)
- (Isophya obtusa)
- (Isophya plevnensis)
- (Isophya rhodopensis)
- (Isophya speciosa)
- (Isophya thracica)
- (Isophya tosevski)
- (Melidia brunneri)
- (Metaplastes oertzeni)
- Balkan ornate bush-cricket (Metaplastes ornatus)
- (Oxyecous lesnei)
- (Phaneroptera sparsa)
- (Plangia compressa)
- (Plangia graminea)
- (Poecilimon aegaeus)
- (Poecilimon affinis)
- (Poecilimon amissus)
- (Poecilimon ampliatus)
- (Poecilimon artedentatus)
- (Poecilimon cretensis)
- (Poecilimon deplanatus)
- (Poecilimon ebneri)
- (Poecilimon ege)
- (Poecilimon erimanthos)
- (Poecilimon gerlindae)
- (Poecilimon gracilis)
- (Poecilimon hamatus)
- (Poecilimon heroicus)
- (Poecilimon hoelzeli)
- (Poecilimon mariannae)
- (Poecilimon nobilis)
- (Poecilimon obesus)
- (Poecilimon orbelicus)
- (Poecilimon propinquus)
- (Poecilimon sanctipauli)
- (Poecilimon unispinosus)
- (Poecilimon veluchianus)
- (Poecilimon werneri)
- (Poecilimon zimmeri)
- (Prosphaga calaharica)
- (Pseudosaga maculata)
- (Terpnistria lobulata)
- (Terpnistria zebrata)
- (Tylopsis bilineolata)
- (Tylopsis continua)
- (Tylopsis rubrescens)
- Blue-legged sylvan katydid (Zabalius ophthalmicus)
- (Zitsikama tessellata)
Subspecies
Other Orthoptera species[]
- African sandhopper (Afrotridactylus usambaricus)
- (Euschmidtia cruciformis)
- (Euschmidtia sansibarica)
- (Gryllotalpa krimbasi)
- (Pyrgomorpha cypria)
Hymenoptera[]
There are 106 species in the order Hymenoptera assessed as least concern.
Ants[]
- Leptothorax recedens
Colletids[]
- Colletes hederae
Melittids[]
Apids[]
- Amegilla canifrons
- White shouldered bumble bee (Bombus appositus)
- Black and gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus)
- Two form bumble bee (Bombus bifarius)
- Two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus)
- Northern amber bumble bee (Bombus borealis)
- Central bumble bee (Bombus centralis)
- Lemon cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus citrinus)
- Bombus ephippiatus
- Yellowhead bumblebee (Bombus flavifrons)
- Frigid bumblebee (Bombus frigidus)
- Bombus funebris
- Brown-belted bumblebee (Bombus griseocollis)
- Hunt bumble bee (Bombus huntii)
- Common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)
- Indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus insularis)
- Bombus lapponicus
- Bombus macgregori
- Bombus magnus
- Black-tailed bumblebee (Bombus melanopygus)
- Fuzzy-horned bumble bee (Bombus mixtus)
- Bombus morio
- Nevada bumble bee (Bombus nevadensis)
- Bombus pauloensis (Bombus atratus)
- Bombus perezi
- Bombus pereziellus
- Confusing bumblebee (Bombus perplexus)
- Bombus pyrenaeus
- Red-belted bumble bee (Bombus rufocinctus)
- Sanderson bumble bee (Bombus sandersoni)
- Sitka bumblebee (Bombus sitkensis)
- Forest bumble bee (Bombus sylvicola)
- Bombus ternarius
- Bombus transversalis
- Bombus trinominatus
- Half-black bumblebee (Bombus vagans)
- Van Dyke bumble bee (Bombus vandykei)
- Yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii)
- Nomada fabriciana
Halictids[]
Andrenids[]
Megachilids[]
- Megachile lagopoda
- Megachile parietina
Mantises[]
- Wingless mantis (Apteromantis aptera)
- Devil's flower mantis (Blepharopsis mendica)
- (Hypsicorypha gracilis)
- European mantis (Mantis religiosa)
- (Polyspilota seychelliana)
Lepidoptera[]
Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 420 species and one subspecies in the order Lepidoptera assessed as least concern.
Swallowtail butterflies[]
- Chinese three-tailed swallowtail (Bhutanitis thaidina)
- Yellow zebra (Graphium deucalion)
- Tabitha's swordtail (Graphium dorcus)
- Meyer's triangle (Graphium meyeri)
- Dancing swallowtail (Graphium polistratus)
- Tabora white lady (Graphium taboranus)
- Paradise birdwing (Ornithoptera paradisea)
- Papilio acheron
- Common white-banded swallowtail (Papilio cyproeofila)
- White-banded swallowtail (Papilio echerioides)
- Corsican swallowtail (Papilio hospiton)
- Papilio toboroi
- Papilio weymeri
- (Zerynthia cretica)
Lycaenids[]
- Braine's zulu (Alaena brainei)
- Barkly's copper (Aloeides barklyi)
- Red Hill copper (Aloeides egerides)
- Nolloth's copper (Aloeides nollothi)
- Acacia blue (Amblypodia vivarna)
- Ancema ctesia
- Arnold's ciliate blue (Anthene arnoldi)
- Red forewing (Anthene fulvus)
- Anomalous ciliate blue (Anthene juba)
- Kersten's ciliate blue (Anthene kersteni)
- Large red spot ciliate blue (Anthene lusones)
- Anthene opalina
- Trimen's ciliate blue (Anthene otacilia)
- Pitman's ciliate blue (Anthene pitmani)
- (Apharitis allardi)
- Saharan silverline (Apharitis nilus)
- (Apharitis siphax)
- Rare silver-spot (Aphnaeus argyrocyclus)
- Crowned highflier (Aphnaeus coronae)
- Arhopala agesias
- Bushblue (Arhopala anthelus)
- Arhopala argentea
- Tamil oakblue (Arhopala bazaloides)
- Arhopala cleander
- Arhopala similis
- Spanish argus (Aricia morronensis)
- Green flash (Artipe eryx)
- Aslauga latifurca
- Prouvost's aslauga (Aslauga prouvosti)
- White-banded babul blue (Azanus isis)
- Hildegard's buff (Baliochila hildegarda)
- Lannin's buff (Baliochila singularis)
- Alternative bush blue (Cacyreus virilis)
- Angled Pierrot (Caleta caleta)
- Orange-banded protea butterfly (Capys alphaeus)
- Crowley's epitola (Cerautola crowleyi)
- Common imperial (Cheritra freja)
- Beulah's opal (Chrysoritis beulah)
- Citrinophila unipunctata
- Crudaria capensis
- Lorquin's blue (Cupido lorquinii)
- Purple giant epitola (Epitola urania)
- Western pearly (Eresiomera bicolor)
- Cookson's buff (Euthecta cooksoni)
- Western marble (Falcuna leonensis)
- Good's epitola (Geritola goodii)
- Paphos blue (Glaucopsyche paphos)
- Equatorial mountain blue (Harpendyreus aequatorialis)
- Congo tiger blue (Hewitsonia congoensis)
- (Hypochrysops digglesi)
- (Hypochrysops ignita)
- Hypolycaena auricostalis
- Shining fairy hairstreak (Hypolycaena coerulea)
- Black fairy hairstreak (Hypolycaena nigra)
- Hypophytala reducta
- Blotched sapphire (Iolaus creta)
- Yellow-banded sapphire (Iolaus diametra)
- Iolaus hemicyanus
- Iasis sapphire (Iolaus iasis)
- Ituri sapphire (Iolaus iturensis)
- Emerald sapphire (Iolaus laonides)
- Parallel sapphire (Iolaus paneperata)
- Dark jewel sapphire (Iolaus sciophilus)
- Nigerian sapphire gem (Iridana nigeriana)
- Jamides caerulea
- Druce's large woolly legs (Lachnocnema luna)
- Lachnocnema sosia
- Spanish purple hairstreak (Laeosopis roboris)
- Cream pierid blue (Larinopoda lircaea)
- Badham's blue (Lepidochrysops badhami)
- Barnes' blue (Lepidochrysops barnesi)
- Kitale giant cupid (Lepidochrysops kitale)
- Lesotho blue (Lepidochrysops lerothodi)
- Quickelberge's blue (Lepidochrysops quickelbergei)
- Leptomyrina boschi
- Cape black-eye (Leptomyrina lara)
- Canary blue (Leptotes webbianus)
- Lipaphnaeus loxura
- Modest false dots (Liptena modesta)
- Liptena praestans
- Liptena turbata
- Yellow liptena (Liptena xanthostola)
- (Lycaena bleusei)
- Eastern harvester (Megalopalpus simplex)
- Common dots (Micropentila adelgitha)
- Micropentila ugandae
- Common acraea mimic (Mimacraea darwinia)
- Maessen's acraea mimic (Mimacraea maesseni)
- Mimacraea skoptoles
- Sharpe's fig tree blue (Myrina sharpei)
- Neoepitola barombiensis
- White imperial butterfly (Neomyrina nivea)
- Mimic liptena (Obania subvariegata)
- Liberian ginger white (Oboronia liberiana)
- Light ginger white (Oboronia pseudopunctatus)
- Ornipholidotos congoensis
- Ornipholidotos etoumbi
- Ornipholidotos gemina
- Ornipholidotos nbeti
- Large glasswing (Ornipholidotos peucetia)
- Common false head (Oxylides faunus)
- Paradeudorix eleala
- Western cream pentila (Pentila picena)
- Cator's fairy playboy (Pilodeudorix catori)
- Dark round-spot (Pilodeudorix leonina)
- Sombre diopetes (Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas)
- (Plebejus bellieri)
- Glandon blue (Plebejus glandon)
- Spanish zephyr blue (Plebejus hespericus)
- (Plebejus psyloritus)
- (Plebejus pyrenaicus)
- Spanish chalkhill blue (Polyommatus albicans)
- Grecian anomalous blue (Polyommatus aroaniensis)
- (Polyommatus caelestissimus)
- Chalkhill blue (Polyommatus coridon)
- Furry blue (Polyommatus dolus)
- (Polyommatus fabressei)
- Catalan furry blue (Polyommatus fulgens)
- Provence chalkhill blue (Polyommatus hispanus)
- (Polyommatus punctiferus)
- Andalusian anomalous blue (Polyommatus violetae)
- Pseudaletis camarensis
- Pseudaletis dolieri
- Baton blue (Pseudophilotes baton)
- Rapala rhodopis
- Taveta silverline (Spindasis tavetensis)
- Stempfferia badura
- Carpenter's sapphire (Stugeta carpenteri)
- Red imperial (Suasa lisides)
- Boniface's false head (Syrmoptera bonifacei)
- Le Gras' Pierrot (Tarucus legrasi)
- Western telipna (Telipna semirufa)
- Thaumaina uranothauma
- Thermoniphas distincta
- Brauns' skolly (Thestor braunsi)
- Moroccan hairstreak (Tomares mauretanicus)
- Larsen's glasswing (Torbenia larseni)
- White Pierrot (Tuxentius calice)
- Forest pied Pierrot (Tuxentius carana)
- Mountain Pierrot (Tuxentius margaritaceus)
- Una usta
- Antinori's branded blue (Uranothauma antinorii)
- Uranothauma cordatus
- Uranothauma delatorum
- Dark grass blue (Zizina antanossa)
Nymphalids[]
- Sardinian small tortoiseshell (Aglais ichnusa)
- Chief (Amauris echeria)
- Apatura parisatis
- Bebearia ikelemba
- Laetitia forester (Bebearia laetitia)
- Maligned forester (Bebearia maledicta)
- Fantasiella (Bebearia phantasiella)
- Bebearia severini
- Squinting bush-brown (Bicyclus anynana)
- Small stately bush-brown (Bicyclus evadne)
- Jeffery's bush-brown (Bicyclus jefferyi)
- Black bush-brown (Bicyclus martius)
- Lesser rock bush-brown (Bicyclus milyas)
- Smith's bush-brown (Bicyclus smithi)
- Fox's blue-banded bush-brown (Bicyclus sweadneri)
- Oberthür's pathfinder (Catuna oberthueri)
- Montane charaxes (Charaxes alpinus)
- Bocquet's demon charaxes (Charaxes bocqueti)
- Green-veined charaxes (Charaxes candiope)
- Silver demon charaxes (Charaxes catachrous)
- Demon charaxes (Charaxes etheocles)
- Charaxes fionae
- Charaxes grahamei
- Blue-spangled charaxes (Charaxes guderiana)
- Imperial blue charaxes (Charaxes imperialis)
- Charaxes phoebus
- Southern hermit (Chazara prieuri)
- Chersonesia intermedia
- (Coenonympha arcanioides)
- Corsican heath (Coenonympha corinna)
- (Coenonympha fettigii)
- Alpine heath (Coenonympha gardetta)
- Eastern large heath (Coenonympha rhodopensis)
- Cretan small heath (Coenonympha thyrsis)
- Cymothoe caenis
- Cream glider (Cymothoe consanguis)
- Cymothoe eris
- Cymothoe haynae
- Weymer's glider (Cymothoe weymeri)
- Zenker's glider (Cymothoe zenkeri)
- Straight line mapwing (Cyrestis nivea)
- Little mapwing (Cyrestis themire)
- False Mnestra ringlet (Erebia aethiopella)
- Almond-eyed ringlet (Erebia alberganus)
- Lorkovic's brassy ringlet (Erebia calcaria)
- Common brassy ringlet (Erebia cassioides)
- Small mountain ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
- Eriphyle ringlet (Erebia eriphyle)
- Silky ringlet (Erebia gorge)
- Gavarnie ringlet (Erebia gorgone)
- Spanish brassy ringlet (Erebia hispania)
- Lefèbvre's ringlet (Erebia lefebvrei)
- Yellow-spotted ringlet (Erebia manto)
- Lesser mountain ringlet (Erebia melampus)
- Black ringlet (Erebia melas)
- Piedmont ringlet (Erebia meolans)
- Mnestra's ringlet (Erebia mnestra)
- Marbled ringlet (Erebia montana)
- Autumn ringlet (Erebia neoridas)
- De Lesse's brassy ringlet (Erebia nivalis)
- Bright eyed ringlet (Erebia oeme)
- (Erebia orientalis)
- (Erebia palarica)
- Blind ringlet (Erebia pharte)
- Sooty ringlet (Erebia pluto)
- Water ringlet (Erebia pronoe)
- (Erebia rhodopensis)
- Pyrenees brassy ringlet (Erebia rondoui)
- Larche ringlet (Erebia scipio)
- False dewy ringlet (Erebia sthennyo)
- (Erebia stiria)
- Stygian ringlet (Erebia styx)
- De Prunner's ringlet (Erebia triaria)
- Swiss brassy ringlet (Erebia tyndarus)
- Zapater's ringlet (Erebia zapateri)
- (Erites medura)
- Euphaedra abri
- Crosse's forester (Euphaedra crossei)
- Brown Ceres forester (Euphaedra delera)
- Western blue-banded forester (Euphaedra eupalus)
- Dark brown forester (Euphaedra losinga)
- Modest themis forester (Euphaedra modesta)
- Pear-banded forester (Euphaedra piriformis)
- Simple orange forester (Euphaedra simplex)
- Splendid themis forester (Euphaedra splendens)
- Themis forester (Euphaedra themis)
- Cynthia's fritillary (Euphydryas cynthia)
- Sulawesi striped blue crow (Euploea configurata)
- Euploea core
- Seram crow (Euploea dentiplaga)
- Pagenstecher's crow (Euploea doretta)
- Bismark crow (Euploea eboraci)
- Sulawesi pied crow (Euploea eupator)
- Weymer's crow (Euploea latifasciata)
- Western euptera (Euptera dorothea)
- Ducarme's euptera (Euptera ducarmei)
- Ituri euptera (Euptera ituriensis)
- Loma nymph (Euriphene lomaensis)
- Oban nymph (Euriphene obani)
- Mottled green nymph (Euryphura achlys)
- Euthalia djata
- Euthalia malaccana
- White tipped baron (Euthalia merta)
- Corsican fritillary (Fabriciana elisa)
- Angular glider (Harma theobene)
- Common brown (Heteronympha merope)
- Eyed bush brown (Heteropsis perspicua)
- (Hipparchia algirica)
- Southern grayling (Hipparchia aristaeus)
- Azores grayling (Hipparchia azorina)
- Sicilian grayling (Hipparchia blachieri)
- (Hipparchia caroli)
- (Hipparchia cretica)
- (Hipparchia cypriensis)
- (Hipparchia gomera)
- Austaut's grayling (Hipparchia hansii)
- Madeira grayling (Hipparchia maderensis)
- (Hipparchia mersina)
- (Hipparchia miguelensis)
- Italian grayling (Hipparchia neapolitana)
- Corsican grayling (Hipparchia neomiris)
- (Hipparchia powelli)
- Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
- Tree grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
- (Hipparchia tamadabae)
- (Hipparchia volgensis)
- (Hipparchia wyssii)
- Côte d'Ivoire eggfly (Hypolimnas aubergeri)
- (Hyponephele maroccana)
- Seram small tree-nymph (Ideopsis klassika)
- Ideopsis vulgaris
- Peacock pansy (Junonia almana)
- Yellow pansy (Junonia hierta)
- Dark blue pansy (Junonia oenone)
- Naval pansy (Junonia touhilimasa)
- Pale wall brown (Lasiommata paramegaera)
- (Maniola cypricola)
- (Maniola megala)
- Sardinian meadow brown (Maniola nurag)
- Italian marbled white (Melanargia arge)
- Iberian marbled white (Melanargia lachesis)
- (Melanargia lucasi)
- (Melanargia pherusa)
- Levantine marbled white (Melanargia titea)
- Aetherie fritillary (Melitaea aetherie)
- Little fritillary (Melitaea asteria)
- Meadow fritillary (Melitaea parthenoides)
- Algerian fritillary (Melitaea punica)
- Grisons fritillary (Melitaea varia)
- (Mycalesis heri)
- (Mycalesis itys)
- (Mycalesis janardana)
- Barred false sailor (Neptidopsis fulgurata)
- Scalloped false sailor (Neptidopsis ophione)
- (Neptis celebica)
- Original club sailer (Neptis melicerta)
- Clubbed sailer (Neptis nicoteles)
- Mountain sailer (Neptis occidentalis)
- Angled petty sailer (Neptis quintilla)
- Alpine grayling (Oeneis glacialis)
- Violet-banded palla (Palla violinitens)
- Crowley's tiger (Parantica crowleyi)
- Morishita's tiger (Parantica hypowattan)
- Kirby's tiger (Parantica kirbyi)
- Manado yellow tiger (Parantica menadensis)
- Least tiger (Parantica pumila)
- Fat tiger (Parantica rotundata)
- Weiske's tiger (Parantica weiskei)
- Canary speckled wood (Pararge xiphioides)
- Spotted-eye brown (Paternympha narycia)
- Toothed commodore (Precis frobeniusi)
- Gaudy commodore (Precis octavia)
- Montane commodore (Precis rauana)
- (Prothoe calydonia)
- Clouded mother-of-pearl (Protogoniomorpha anacardii)
- Martin's false sergeant (Pseudathyma martini)
- Pseudathyma plutonica
- Moroccan grayling (Pseudochazara atlantis)
- Grecian grayling (Pseudochazara graeca)
- Lydian tawny rockbrown (Pseudochazara lydia)
- Nevada grayling (Pseudochazara williamsi)
- Black satyr (Satyrus actaea)
- Velvet tree nymph (Sevenia occidentalium)
- Ochreous tree nymph (Sevenia umbrina)
- Robertson's brown (Stygionympha robertsoni)
- Symbrenthia hypatia
- Taenaris horsfieldii
- Malay viscount (Tanaecia pelea)
- Spring widow (Tarsocera cassus)
- Dark jungle glory (Thaumantis noureddin)
- Scarce blue tiger (Tirumala gautama)
- Vanessa vulcania
Skippers[]
Species
- Southern marbled skipper (Carcharodus boeticus)
- False mallow skipper (Carcharodus tripolinus)
- Alpine grizzled skipper (Pyrgus andromedae)
- Foulquier's grizzled skipper (Pyrgus bellieri)
- Dusky grizzled skipper (Pyrgus cacaliae)
- Carline skipper (Pyrgus carlinae)
- Southern grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvoides)
- Warren's skipper (Pyrgus warrenensis)
- Corsican red-underwing skipper (Spialia therapne)
- Moroccan small skipper (Thymelicus hamza)
Subspecies
Pierids[]
- Anthocharis belia
- Provence orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
- Socotran caper white (Belenois anomala)
- Calypso caper white (Belenois calypso)
- Raffray's white (Belenois raffrayi)
- Red-edged white (Belenois rubrosignata)
- Central caper white (Belenois theuszi)
- Banded gold tip (Colotis eris)
- Purple tip (Colotis ione)
- Yellow splendour (Colotis protomedia)
- Delias enniana
- Delias periboea
- Rosenberg's painted jezebel (Delias rosenbergi)
- Spotless black-veined small white (Dixeia leucophanes)
- (Euchloe bazae)
- (Euchloe hesperidum)
- (Euchloe insularis)
- Mountain dappled white (Euchloe simplonia)
- Eurema alitha
- One-spot yellow grass (Eurema andersoni)
- Small grass yellow (Eurema brigitta)
- Real's wood white (Leptidea reali)
- Asphodel dotted border (Mylothris asphodelus)
- Mylothris continua
- Talbot's dotted border (Mylothris talboti)
- (Pieris balcana)
- Ethiopian cabbage white (Pieris brassicoides)
- Bath white (Pontia daplidice)
Riodinids[]
- Delicate Judy (Abisara delicata)
- Abisara geza
- Scalloped Judy (Abisara rutherfordii)
- Dodona eugenes
- Malay red harliquin (Paralaxita damajanti)
- Paralaxita orphna
Beetles[]
There are 423 beetle species assessed as least concern.
Geotrupids[]
Longhorn beetles[]
- Monochamus sartor
Click beetles[]
Eucnemids[]
Scarabaeids[]
- Anomiopus bonariensis
- Anomiopus nigrocoeruleus
- Anomiopus parallelus
- Anomiopus smaragdinus
- Anomiopus virescens
- Bubas bubalus
- Onthophagus depressus
- Onthophagus nigriventris
- Scarabaeus ambiguus
- Sulcophanaeus imperator
Other beetle species[]
- Allopentarthrum elumbe
- Dryotribus mimeticus
- Lucanus barbarossa
- Lucanus tetraodon
- Macrancylus linearis
Odonata[]
Odonata includes dragonflies and damselflies. There are 1690 species and five subspecies in the order Odonata assessed as least concern.
Platystictids[]
- Elongate shadowdamsel (Palaemnema gigantula)
- Cordoba shadowdamsel (Palaemnema paulicoba)
- (Protosticta beaumonti)
- Protosticta davenporti
- Protosticta gravelyi
- Protosticta rufostigma
Chlorogomphids[]
- Chlorogomphus campioni
- Chlorogomphus iriomotensis
Argiolestids[]
- (Argiolestes pusillus)
- Powdered flatwing (Austroargiolestes calcaris)
Perilestids[]
- (Perilestes attenuatus)
Chlorocyphids[]
- Blue jewel (Chlorocypha aphrodite)
- Exquisite jewel (Chlorocypha cancellata)
- Southern red jewel (Chlorocypha consueta)
- Blue-tipped jewel (Chlorocypha curta)
- Blue-fronted jewel (Chlorocypha cyanifrons)
- Orange-nosed jewel (Chlorocypha dahli)
- Little red jewel (Chlorocypha dispar)
- Spotted jewel (Chlorocypha fabamacula)
- Frigid jewel (Chlorocypha frigida)
- Eastern red-tipped jewel (Chlorocypha glauca)
- Orange jewel (Chlorocypha luminosa)
- (Chlorocypha pyriformosa)
- Western red-tipped jewel (Chlorocypha radix)
- Rosy jewel (Chlorocypha rubida)
- Blue-faced jewel (Chlorocypha selysi)
- Southern red-tipped jewel (Chlorocypha seydeli)
- Blue-nosed jewel (Chlorocypha trifaria)
- Victoria's jewel (Chlorocypha victoriae)
- Katanga jewel (Chlorocypha wittei)
- Libellago lineata
- Dancing jewel (Platycypha caligata)
- Boulder jewel (Platycypha fitzsimonsi)
- Forest jewel (Platycypha lacustris)
- Beautiful jewel (Platycypha rufitibia)
- Rhinocypha bisignata
- (Rhinocypha perforata)
- (Stenocypha gracilis)
- (Stenocypha tenuis)
Platycnemidids[]
Species
- Red-backed yellowwing (Allocnemis contraria)
- Blue-tipped yellowwing (Allocnemis cyanura)
- Orange yellowwing (Allocnemis elongata)
- Dark yellowwing (Allocnemis flavipennis)
- Goldtail (Allocnemis leucosticta)
- Blue-shouldered threadtail (Allocnemis marshalli)
- Rainbow yellowwing (Allocnemis nigripes)
- Orange-tipped threadtail (Allocnemis pauli)
- Blue yellowwing (Allocnemis subnodalis)
- Allocnemis superba
- Allocnemis wittei
- Powder blue damselfly (Arabicnemis caerulea)
- Copera annulata
- Copera chantaburii
- Copera ciliata
- (Copera congolensis)
- Copera marginipes
- (Copera nyansana)
- (Copera sikassoensis)
- Copera vittata
- Disparoneura quadrimaculata
- (Elattoneura acuta)
- Elattoneura cellularis
- Sooty threadtail (Elattoneura frenulata)
- (Elattoneura girardi)
- Common threadtail (Elattoneura glauca)
- Elattoneura nigra
- Elattoneura tetrica
- (Elattoneura vittata)
- Esme longistyla
- Idiocnemis bidentata
- Mesocnemis robusta
- Common riverjack (Mesocnemis singularis)
- Green-blue threadtail (Nososticta coelestina)
- (Nososticta solitaris)
- Orange featherleg (Platycnemis acutipennis)
- (Platycnemis dealbata)
- (Platycnemis kervillei)
- (Platycnemis latipes)
- White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
- (Platycnemis subdilatata)
- Prodasineura verticalis
- (Prodasineura villiersi)
- (Stenocnemis pachystigma)
Subspecies
Synlestids[]
- Conspicuous malachite (Chlorolestes conspicuus)
- Drakensberg malachite (Chlorolestes draconicus)
- Mountain malachite (Chlorolestes fasciatus)
- Forest malachite (Chlorolestes tessellatus)
- White malachite (Chlorolestes umbratus)
- Sinolestes editus
Megapodagrionids[]
- Agriomorpha fusca
- Heteragrion aequatoriale
- Heteragrion aurantiacum
- Heteragrion bickorum
- Heteragrion cooki
- Heteragrion erythrogastrum
- Heteragrion majus
- Heteragrion makiritare
- Highland flatwing (Heteragrion tricellulare)
- Heteropodagrion croizati
- Heteropodagrion sanguinipes
- Mesagrion leucorrhinum
- Paraphlebia quinta
- Giant waterfall damsel (Thaumatoneura inopinata)
Gomphids[]
- Southern dragon (Antipodogomphus acolythus)
- Narrow-striped forceptail (Aphylla protracta)
- Two-striped forceptail (Aphylla williamsoni)
- Pale hunter (Austrogomphus amphiclitus)
- Jade hunter (Austrogomphus ochraceus)
- Burmagomphus pyramidalis
- Burmagomphus sivalikensis
- Common thorntail (Ceratogomphus pictus)
- (Crenigomphus cornutus)
- Clubbed talontail (Crenigomphus hartmanni)
- (Crenigomphus kavangoensis)
- Western talontail (Crenigomphus renei)
- Diastatomma bicolor
- Diastatomma selysi
- Southeastern spinyleg (Dromogomphus armatus)
- Black-shouldered spinyleg (Dromogomphus spinosus)
- Volcano knobtail (Epigomphus echeverrii)
- (Erpetogomphus bothrops)
- (Erpetogomphus constrictor)
- Yellow-legged ringtail (Erpetogomphus crotalinus)
- Serpent ringtail (Erpetogomphus lampropeltis)
- (Erpetogomphus liopeltis)
- (Fukienogomphus choifongae)
- Northern fingertail (Gomphidia bredoi)
- Southern fingertail (Gomphidia quarrei)
- (Gomphus abbreviatus)
- Levant clubtail (Gomphus davidi)
- (Gomphus dilatatus)
- Lancet clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
- River clubtail (Gomphus flavipes)
- (Gomphus lineatifrons)
- Gulf coast clubtail (Gomphus modestus)
- (Gomphus ozarkensis)
- Piedmont clubtail (Gomphus parvidens)
- Western clubtail (Gomphus pulchellus)
- (Gomphus schneiderii)
- Septima's clubtail (Gomphus septima)
- Common clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus)
- Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus)
- Rainforest vicetail (Hemigomphus theischingeri)
- (Ictinogomphus dundoensis)
- Common tiger (Ictinogomphus ferox)
- Ictinogomphus rapax
- Ictinogomphus regisalberti
- Isomma hieroglyphicum
- Leptogomphus yayeyamensis
- Spined fairytail (Lestinogomphus angustus)
- (Libyogomphus tenaculatus)
- Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla)
- Microgomphus nyassicus
- Congo scissortail (Microgomphus schoutedeni)
- Microgomphus souteri
- Striped siphontail (Neurogomphus featheri)
- Zambezi siphontail (Neurogomphus zambeziensis)
- Notogomphus dendrohyrax
- Little longleg (Notogomphus dorsalis)
- Notogomphus kilimandjaricus
- Northern longleg (Notogomphus lecythus)
- Clubbed longleg (Notogomphus leroyi)
- Albertine longleg (Notogomphus lujai)
- Southern yellowjack (Notogomphus praetorius)
- Notogomphus zernyi
- Grappletail (Octogomphus specularis)
- Green-eyed hooktail (Onychogomphus forcipatus)
- (Onychogomphus lefebvrii)
- Onychogomphus nilgiriensis
- Northern dark claspertail (Onychogomphus styx)
- Gorge claspertail (Onychogomphus supinus)
- Extra-striped snaketail (Ophiogomphus anomalus)
- Arizona snaketail (Ophiogomphus arizonicus)
- Brook snaketail (Ophiogomphus aspersus)
- Bison snaketail (Ophiogomphus bison)
- Green gomphid (Ophiogomphus cecilia)
- Boreal snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus)
- Pygmy snaketail (Ophiogomphus howei)
- Sinuous snaketail (Ophiogomphus occidentis)
- Saint Croix snaketail (Ophiogomphus susbehcha)
- Highland hooktail (Paragomphus alluaudi)
- Paragomphus bredoi
- Rock hocktail (Paragomphus cognatus)
- Corkscrew hooktail (Paragomphus elpidius)
- Common hooktail (Paragomphus genei)
- Paragomphus lacustris
- Lined hooktail (Paragomphus lineatus)
- Great hooktail (Paragomphus magnus)
- Paragomphus nyasicus
- Small hooktail (Paragomphus pumilio)
- Flapper hooktail (Paragomphus sabicus)
- Green-fronted hooktail (Paragomphus viridior)
- Phyllocycla breviphylla
- Four-striped leaftail (Phyllogomphoides stigmatus)
- Phyllogomphus annulus
- (Phyllogomphus schoutedeni)
- Bold leaftail (Phyllogomphus selysi)
- (Progomphus boliviensis)
- Golden flangetail (Sinictinogomphus clavatus)
- Riverine clubtail (Stylurus amnicola)
- Shining clubtail (Stylurus ivae)
- Russet-tipped clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus)
- Zebra clubtail (Stylurus scudderi)
- Arrow clubtail (Stylurus spiniceps)
Cordulegastrids[]
- Apache spiketail (Cordulegaster diadema)
- (Cordulegaster insignis)
- Cordulegaster mzymtae
- Arrowhead spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua)
- (Cordulegaster picta)
- (Cordulegaster talaria)
Corduliids[]
- Dusk dragonfly (Antipodochlora braueri)
- Downy emerald (Cordulia aenea)
- Uhler's sundragon (Helocordulia uhleri)
- (Hemicordulia africana)
- Hemicordulia asiatica
- Australian emerald (Hemicordulia australiae)
- Fat-bellied emerald (Hemicordulia continentalis)
- Hemicordulia intermedia
- Hemicordulia okinawensis
- Offshore emerald (Metaphya tillyardi)
- (Neurocordulia alabamensis)
- Umber shadowdragon (Neurocordulia obsoleta)
- Cinnamon shadowdragon (Neurocordulia virginiensis)
- Western swamp emerald (Procordulia affinis)
- (Procordulia grayi)
- Eastern swamp emerald (Procordulia jacksoniensis)
- Ranger dragonfly (Procordulia smithii)
- Quebec emerald (Somatochlora brevicincta)
- Lake emerald (Somatochlora cingulata)
- Somatochlora dido
- Somatochlora flavomaculata
- Delicate emerald (Somatochlora franklini)
- Hudsonian emerald (Somatochlora hudsonica)
- Incurvate emerald (Somatochlora incurvata)
- Balkan emerald (Somatochlora meridionalis)
- Brilliant emerald (Somatochlora metallica)
- (Tetragoneuria canis)
- (Tetragoneuria stella)
Calopterygids[]
- River jewelwing (Calopteryx aequabilis)
- Appalachian jewelwing (Calopteryx angustipennis)
- Calopteryx cornelia
- Copper demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis)
- Calopteryx melli
- Calopteryx orientalis
- Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
- Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
- Western demoiselle (Calopteryx xanthostoma)
- Echo margarita
- Echo modesta
- (Hetaerina curvicauda)
- Canyon rubyspot (Hetaerina vulnerata)
- Tepui shinywing (Iridictyon myersi)
- White-banded shinywing (Iridictyon trebbaui)
- Matrona basilaris
- Neurobasis chinensis
- (Phaon camerunensis)
- Glistening demoiselle (Phaon iridipennis)
- (Sapho bicolor)
- (Sapho ciliata)
- (Sapho gloriosa)
- (Sapho orichalcea)
- (Umma cincta)
- (Umma electa)
- (Umma longistigma)
- (Umma mesostigma)
- Sapphire sparklewing (Umma saphirina)
- Vestalis apicalis
- Vestalis gracilis
Coenagrionids[]
Species
- Blue slim (Aciagrion africanum)
- Aciagrion approximans
- Graceful slim (Aciagrion gracile)
- Long slim (Aciagrion heterosticta)
- Aciagrion hisopa
- Aciagrion occidentale
- Swamp slim (Aciagrion steeleae)
- Elongate bluet (Africallagma elongatum)
- Africallagma glaucum
- Spotted bluet (Africallagma pseudelongatum)
- Sapphire bluet (Africallagma sapphirinum)
- Peak bluet (Africallagma sinuatum)
- Fragile bluet (Africallagma subtile)
- Forest bluet (Africallagma vaginale)
- (Agriocnemis angolensis)
- Little wisp (Agriocnemis exilis)
- White-masked wisp (Agriocnemis falcifera)
- Agriocnemis femina
- (Agriocnemis forcipata)
- Gracious wisp (Agriocnemis gratiosa)
- Highland wisp (Agriocnemis inversa)
- Agriocnemis keralensis
- Forest wisp (Agriocnemis maclachlani)
- Agriocnemis minima
- Agriocnemis pieris
- Pinhey's wisp (Agriocnemis pinheyi)
- Wandering midget (Agriocnemis pygmaea)
- (Agriocnemis ruberrima)
- Nile wisp (Agriocnemis sania)
- (Agriocnemis stygia)
- Lesser pincer-tailed wisp (Agriocnemis victoria)
- Sahel wisp (Agriocnemis zerafica)
- Eastern red damsel (Amphiagrion saucium)
- Amphiallagma parvum
- Archibasis oscillans
- Paiute dancer (Argia alberta)
- Blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis)
- (Argia huanacina)
- Leonora's dancer (Argia leonorae)
- Sooty dancer (Argia lugens)
- Powdered dancer (Argia moesta)
- Amethyst dancer (Argia pallens)
- Springwater dancer (Argia plana)
- Golden-winged dancer (Argia rhoadsi)
- Tarascan dancer (Argia tarascana)
- Blue-tipped dancer (Argia tibialis)
- (Argia westfalli)
- Red-tipped shadefly (Argiocnemis rubescens)
- Austroagrion exclamationis
- Sailing azuret (Azuragrion nigridorsum)
- (Azuragrion somalicum)
- Tiny azuret (Azuragrion vansomereni)
- Ceriagrion aeruginosum
- Green-eyed waxtail (Ceriagrion annulatum)
- Orange-tailed sprite (Ceriagrion auranticum)
- Blue-fronted waxtail (Ceriagrion bakeri)
- Ceriagrion cerinorubellum
- Green-fronted waxtail (Ceriagrion corallinum)
- Ceriagrion coromandelianum
- Common waxtail (Ceriagrion glabrum)
- (Ceriagrion ignitum)
- Little orange waxtail (Ceriagrion kordofanicum)
- East coast waxtail (Ceriagrion mourae)
- Ceriagrion olivaceum
- (Ceriagrion rubellocerinum)
- (Ceriagrion sakejii)
- Plain waxtail (Ceriagrion suave)
- (Ceriagrion tricrenaticeps)
- Orange-red waxtail (Ceriagrion varians)
- Yellow-faced waxtail (Ceriagrion whellani)
- Norfolk damselfly (Coenagrion armatum)
- (Coenagrion caerulescens)
- Spearhead bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum)
- Coenagrion lyelli
- Ornate bluet (Coenagrion ornatum)
- Coenagrion ponticum
- Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
- Variable damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)
- Taiga bluet (Coenagrion resolutum)
- Dainty damselfly (Coenagrion scitulum)
- Denticulobasis dunklei
- Tule bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
- Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
- Sandhill bluet (Enallagma davisi)
- (Enallagma deserti)
- Atlantic bluet (Enallagma doubledayi)
- Burgundy bluet (Enallagma dubium)
- Marsh bluet (Enallagma ebrium)
- Stream bluet (Enallagma exsulans)
- New England bluet (Enallagma laterale)
- Enallagma minusculum
- Slender bluet (Enallagma traviatum)
- Epipleoneura lamina
- Goblet-marked damselfly (Erythromma lindenii)
- Small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma viridulum)
- (Hesperagrion heterodoxum)
- Gossamer damselfly (Ischnura aurora)
- Ischnura chingaza
- Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
- (Ischnura evansi)
- (Ischnura fountaineae)
- Island bluetail (Ischnura genei)
- (Ischnura graellsii)
- Western forktail (Ischnura perparva)
- Fragile forktail (Ischnura posita)
- Scarce blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura pumilio)
- Rambur's forktail (Ischnura ramburii)
- (Ischnura saharensis)
- Tropical bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis)
- (Leptobasis candelaria)
- Lucifer swampdamsel (Leptobasis lucifer)
- (Leptobasis vacillans)
- Blue-tipped helicopter (Mecistogaster buckleyi)
- Ornate helicopter (Mecistogaster ornata)
- Adytum swamp damselfly (Megalagrion adytum)
- (Megalagrion koelense)
- Sphagnum sprite (Nehalennia gracilis)
- Amelia's threadtail (Neoneura amelia)
- Onychargia atrocyana
- Dusky lilysquatter (Paracercion calamorum)
- (Paracercion melanotum)
- (Pinheyagrion angolicum)
- Round-winged bluet (Proischnura rotundipennis)
- Fork-tailed bluet (Proischnura subfurcata)
- Purple threadtail (Protoneura dunklei)
- Red-legged threadtail (Protoneura sanguinipes)
- (Protoneura sulfurata)
- (Protoneura tenuis)
- Acacia sprite (Pseudagrion acaciae)
- Assegaai sprite (Pseudagrion assegaii)
- Pseudagrion australasiae
- Springwater sprite (Pseudagrion caffrum)
- Orange-faced sprite (Pseudagrion camerunense)
- Yellow-faced sprite (Pseudagrion citricola)
- (Pseudagrion coelestis)
- Black sprite (Pseudagrion commoniae)
- Pseudagrion decorum
- (Pseudagrion deningi)
- Mountain sprite (Pseudagrion draconis)
- (Pseudagrion emarginatum)
- (Pseudagrion fisheri)
- Palmiet sprite (Pseudagrion furcigerum)
- Great sprite (Pseudagrion gamblesi)
- Blue-green sprite (Pseudagrion glaucescens)
- Cryptic sprite (Pseudagrion glaucoideum)
- (Pseudagrion glaucum)
- Painted sprite (Pseudagrion hageni)
- Swarthy sprite (Pseudagrion hamoni)
- Helena sprite (Pseudagrion helenae)
- (Pseudagrion hemicolon)
- Flame-headed riverdamsel (Pseudagrion ignifer)
- Inconspicuous sprite (Pseudagrion inconspicuum)
- Powder-faced sprite (Pseudagrion kersteni)
- Forest sprite (Pseudagrion kibalense)
- Pseudagrion lindicum
- Green-striped sprite (Pseudagrion makabusiense)
- Pseudagrion malabaricum
- Masai sprite (Pseudagrion massaicum)
- Farmbush sprite (Pseudagrion melanicterum)
- Blue riverdamsel (Pseudagrion microcephalum)
- Nile sprite (Pseudagrion niloticum)
- Bluetail sprite (Pseudagrion nubicum)
- (Pseudagrion risi)
- Pseudagrion rubriceps
- Albertine sprite (Pseudagrion rufocinctum)
- (Pseudagrion rufostigma)
- Slate sprite (Pseudagrion salisburyense)
- Variable sprite (Pseudagrion sjoestedti)
- Upland sprite (Pseudagrion spernatum)
- Cherry-eye sprite (Pseudagrion sublacteum)
- Blue-sided sprite (Pseudagrion sudanicum)
- Pseudagrion superbum
- (Pseudagrion syriacum)
- (Pseudagrion thenartum)
- Wing-tailed sprite (Pseudagrion torridum)
- (Pseudagrion vaalense)
- Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
- Marsh firetail (Telebasis digiticollis)
- (Telebasis incolumis)
- (Telebasis racenisi)
- (Telebasis rubricauda)
- (Telebasis versicolor)
- (Xanthocnemis sinclairi)
- (Xanthocnemis tuanuii)
- Common redcoat damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica)
- (Zoniagrion exclamationis)
Subspecies
- (Megalagrion amaurodytum peles)
Euphaeids[]
- Odalisque (Epallage fatime)
- Euphaea amphicyana
- Euphaea cardinalis
- Euphaea dispar
- Euphaea formosa
- Euphaea fraseri
- Euphaea masoni
Synthemistids[]
- Twinspot tigertail (Archaeosynthemis leachii)
- Variable tigertail (Eusynthemis aurolineata)
- Mountain tigertail (Eusynthemis tillyardi)
- Royal tigertail (Parasynthemis regina)
Macromiids[]
- (Epophthalmia elegans)
- Epophthalmia frontalis
- Epophthalmia vittata
- Macromia annaimallaiensis
- Bronzed river cruiser (Macromia annulata)
- Macromia bellicosa
- Macromia cingulata
- Macromia ellisoni
- Macromia flavocolorata
- Macromia ida
- Macromia irata
- Club-tailed cruiser (Macromia urania)
- Sahel cruiser (Phyllomacromia africana)
- Golden-banded cruiser (Phyllomacromia aureozona)
- Phyllomacromia bispina
- Phyllomacromia congolica
- Two-banded cruiser (Phyllomacromia contumax)
- Phyllomacromia flavimitella
- Crescent-faced cruiser (Phyllomacromia kimminsi)
- Sombre cruiser (Phyllomacromia melania)
- Black cruiser (Phyllomacromia monoceros)
- (Phyllomacromia overlaeti)
- Phyllomacromia pallidinervis
- Darting cruiser (Phyllomacromia picta)
- Western savanna cruiser (Phyllomacromia pseudafricana)
- Forest cruiser (Phyllomacromia sylvatica)
Lestids[]
- Blue damselfly (Austrolestes colensonis)
- Eastern willow spreadwing (Chalcolestes parvidens)
- Green emerald damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis)
- Indolestes cyaneus
- Indolestes gracilis
- Indolestes peregrinus
- Yellow-winged spreadwing (Lestes amicus)
- Lestes auritus
- Southern emerald damselfly (Lestes barbarus)
- Dusky spreadwing (Lestes concinnus)
- Lestes curvatus
- Lestes dichrostigma
- Cryptic spreadwing (Lestes dissimulans)
- Lestes dorothea
- Scarce emerald damselfly (Lestes dryas)
- Lestes elatus
- Lestes helix
- Lestes henshawi
- Tawny spreadwing (Lestes ictericus)
- Dark spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma)
- Lestes nodalis
- Ochre spreadwing (Lestes ochraceus)
- Pallid spreadwing (Lestes pallidus)
- Lestes paulistus
- Pinhey's spreadwing (Lestes pinheyi)
- Highland spreadwing (Lestes plagiatus)
- Lestes praemorsus
- Common spreadwing (Lestes sponsa)
- Antillean spreadwing (Lestes spumarius)
- Lestes thoracicus
- Lestes tikalus
- Spotted spreadwing (Lestes tridens)
- Sickle spreadwing (Lestes uncifer)
- Lestes undulatus
- Small emerald spreadwing (Lestes virens)
- Smoky spreadwing (Lestes virgatus)
- Lestes viridulus
- Platylestes platystylus
- Common winter damsel (Sympecma fusca)
- Siberian winter damsel (Sympecma paedisca)
Aeshnids[]
- Blue-eyed hawker (Aeshna affinis)
- (Aeshna brevistyla)
- Azure hawker (Aeshna caerulea)
- Canada darner (Aeshna canadensis)
- Mottled darner (Aeshna clepsydra)
- Aeshna crenata
- Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
- Brown hawker (Aeshna grandis)
- Green-eyed hawker (Aeshna isoceles)
- Common hawker (Aeshna juncea)
- Migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta)
- Aeshna ossiliensis
- Paddle-tailed darner (Aeshna palmata)
- Persephone's darner (Aeshna persephone)
- Baltic hawker (Aeshna serrata)
- Shadow darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
- Green hawker (Aeshna viridis)
- Shadow hawker (Afroaeschna scotias)
- Anaciaeschna donaldi
- Anaciaeschna jaspidea
- Anaciaeschna martini
- Evening hawker (Anaciaeschna triangulifera)
- Black-and-blue emperor (Anax chloromelas)
- Blue-spotted comet darner (Anax concolor)
- (Anax congoliath)
- Hemianax ephippiger (Anax ephippiger)
- Lesser green emperor (Anax guttatus)
- Anax immaculifrons
- Emperor (Anax imperator)
- Anax indicus
- Green darner (Anax junius)
- Comet darner (Anax longipes)
- (Anax nigrofasciatus)
- Baron dragonfly (Anax papuensis)
- Lesser emperor (Anax parthenope)
- Orange emperor (Anax speratus)
- Black emperor (Anax tristis)
- Multi-spotted darner (Austroaeschna multipunctata)
- Southern giant darner (Austrophlebia costalis)
- Ocellated darner (Boyeria grafiana)
- Hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
- (Caliaeschna microstigma)
- Blue-faced darner (Coryphaeschna adnexa)
- Regal darner (Coryphaeschna ingens)
- Wide-faced darner (Dendroaeschna conspersa)
- Ochre-tipped darner (Dromaeschna weiskei)
- Harlequin darner (Gomphaeschna furcillata)
- Giant duskhawker (Gynacantha africana)
- Gynacantha bayadera
- Black-kneed duskhawker (Gynacantha bullata)
- Greater girdled duskhawker (Gynacantha cylindrata)
- Plain duskhawker (Gynacantha immaculifrons)
- Little duskhawker (Gynacantha manderica)
- Twilight darner (Gynacantha nervosa)
- Yellow-legged duskhawker (Gynacantha nigeriensis)
- Dark-rayed duskhawker (Gynacantha sextans)
- Usambara duskhawker (Gynacantha usambarica)
- Lesser girdled duskhawker (Gynacantha vesiculata)
- Brown duskhawker (Gynacantha villosa)
- Blade-tipped duskhawker (Heliaeschna cynthiae)
- Black-banded duskhawker (Heliaeschna fuliginosa)
- (Heliaeschna sembe)
- Pale duskhawker (Heliaeschna trinervulata)
- Uganda duskhawker (Heliaeschna ugandica)
- (Nasiaeschna pentacantha)
- Meru hawker (Pinheyschna meruensis)
- Bullseye hawker (Pinheyschna rileyi)
- Stream hawker (Pinheyschna subpupillata)
- Malachite darner (Remartinia luteipennis)
- Arroyo darner (Rhionaeschna dugesi)
- Tetracanthagyna plagiata
- (Triacanthagyna caribbea)
- (Triacanthagyna trifida)
- Friendly hawker (Zosteraeschna minuscula)
Libellulids[]
Species
- Grizzled pintail (Acisoma panorpoides)
- Ivory pintail (Acisoma trifidum)
- Aethiothemis basilewskyi
- Aethiothemis bella
- Aethiothemis bequaerti
- Aethiothemis palustris
- Aethiothemis solitaria
- Aethriamanta aethra
- Aethriamanta brevipennis
- Pygmy basker (Aethriamanta rezia)
- Agrionoptera insignis
- Agrionoptera longitudinalis
- (Argyrothemis argentea)
- Atoconeura biordinata
- Atoconeura eudoxia
- Atoconeura kenya
- (Atoconeura luxata)
- Atoconeura pseudeudoxia
- Swamp flat-tail (Austrothemis nigrescens)
- Brachydiplax chalybea
- Brachydiplax denticauda
- Brachydiplax duivenbodei
- Brachydiplax sobrina
- Four-spotted pennant (Brachymesia gravida)
- Tawny pennant (Brachymesia herbida)
- Brachythemis contaminata
- Brachythemis impartita
- Red groundling (Brachythemis lacustris)
- Brachythemis leucosticta
- Wilson's groundling (Brachythemis wilsoni)
- Horned rock-dweller (Bradinopyga cornuta)
- Bradinopyga geminata
- Red rockdweller (Bradinopyga strachani)
- Camacinia othello
- Red-veined pennant (Celithemis bertha)
- Calico pennant (Celithemis elisa)
- Martha's pennant (Celithemis martha)
- Inspector (Chalcostephia flavifrons)
- Chalybeothemis fluviatilis
- Cratilla lineata
- Cratilla metallica
- Divisa scarlet (Crocothemis divisa)
- Scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea)
- Little scarlet (Crocothemis sanguinolenta)
- Granite scarlet (Crocothemis saxicolor)
- Scarlet skimmer (Crocothemis servilia)
- Bluebolt (Cyanothemis simpsoni)
- Red percher dragonfly (Diplacodes bipunctata)
- Little percher (Diplacodes deminuta)
- Black percher (Diplacodes lefebvrii)
- Barbet percher (Diplacodes luminans)
- Charcoal-winged percher (Diplacodes nebulosa)
- Dwarf percher (Diplacodes pumila)
- Diplacodes trivialis
- Checkered setwing (Dythemis fugax)
- Swift setwing (Dythemis velox)
- Sunlight firebelly (Eleuthemis buettikoferi)
- Epithemis mariae
- (Erythemis haematogastra)
- (Erythemis mithroides)
- Pin-tailed pondhawk (Erythemis plebeja)
- Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
- Great pondhawk (Erythemis vesiculosa)
- White-eyed skimmer (Fylgia amazonica)
- (Gynothemis pumila)
- Saddled jungleskimmer (Hadrothemis camarensis)
- Robust jungleskimmer (Hadrothemis coacta)
- Scarlet jungleskimmer (Hadrothemis defecta)
- Slender jungleskimmer (Hadrothemis infesta)
- Red jungle-skimmer (Hadrothemis scabrifrons)
- Variable jungleskimmer (Hadrothemis versuta)
- African pied-spot (Hemistigma albipunctum)
- Hydrobasileus croceus
- Indothemis limbata
- Scarlet grenadier (Lathrecista asiatica)
- Dark whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons)
- Lilypad whiteface (Leucorrhinia caudalis)
- White-faced darter (Leucorrhinia dubia)
- Frosted whiteface (Leucorrhinia frigida)
- Crimson-ringed whiteface (Leucorrhinia glacialis)
- Large white-faced darter (Leucorrhinia pectoralis)
- Comanche skimmer (Libellula comanche)
- Neon skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
- Spangled skimmer (Libellula cyanea)
- Broad-bodied chaser (Libellula depressa)
- Scarce chaser (Libellula fulva)
- Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
- Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)
- (Lyriothemis pachygastra)
- Lyriothemis tricolor
- Cora's pennant (Macrodiplax cora)
- (Macrothemis celeno)
- Straw-colored sylph (Macrothemis inacuta)
- Ringed leaftipper (Malgassophlebia bispina)
- Hyacinth glider (Miathyria marcella)
- (Micrathyria artemis)
- (Micrathyria atra)
- (Micrathyria caerulistyla)
- (Micrathyria dissocians)
- (Micrathyria hippolyte)
- (Micrathyria tibialis)
- Stream micmac (Micromacromia camerunica)
- (Micromacromia zygoptera)
- Common archtail (Nannophlebia risi)
- Eastern pygmyfly (Nannophya dalei)
- Western pygmyfly (Nannophya occidentalis)
- Scarlet dwarf (Nannophya pygmaea)
- Neodythemis afra
- Neodythemis campioni
- Neodythemis preussi
- (Nephepeltia leonardina)
- (Nephepeltia phryne)
- Eastern blacktail (Nesciothemis farinosa)
- (Nesciothemis minor)
- (Nesciothemis nigeriensis)
- (Nesciothemis pujoli)
- Neurothemis fluctuans
- Neurothemis fulvia
- Neurothemis intermedia
- Neurothemis terminata
- Neurothemis tullia
- Eastern forestwatcher (Notiothemis jonesi)
- Western forestwatcher (Notiothemis robertsi)
- Bottletail (Olpogastra lugubris)
- Onychothemis testacea
- (Orthemis biolleyi)
- (Orthemis concolor)
- Roseate skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
- (Orthemis regalis)
- Abbott's skimmer (Orthetrum abbotti)
- Orthetrum africanum
- White-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum)
- Many-celled skimmer (Orthetrum angustiventre)
- Giant skimmer (Orthetrum austeni)
- Orthetrum azureum
- Speckled skimmer (Orthetrum balteatum)
- Banded skimmer (Orthetrum brachiale)
- Southern skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum)
- Two-striped skimmer (Orthetrum caffrum)
- One-spriped skimmer (Orthetrum camerunense)
- Black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
- Orthetrum chrysis
- Epaulet skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma)
- Keeled skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)
- Orthetrum glaucum
- Guinea skimmer (Orthetrum guineense)
- Dark-shouldered skimmer (Orthetrum hintzi)
- Spectacled skimmer (Orthetrum icteromelas)
- Julia skimmer (Orthetrum julia)
- Orthetrum kollmannspergeri
- Orthetrum kristenseni
- Orthetrum latihami
- Orthetrum luzonicum
- Highland skimmer (Orthetrum machadoi)
- Orthetrum macrostigma
- Farmbush skimmer (Orthetrum microstigma)
- Rosy skimmer (Orthetrum migratum)
- Woodland skimmer (Orthetrum monardi)
- Orthetrum pruinosum
- Ransonnet's skimmer (Orthetrum ransonnetii)
- Robust skimmer (Orthetrum robustum)
- Slender skimmer (Orthetrum sabina)
- Orthetrum saegeri
- Green skimmer (Orthetrum serapia)
- Bold skimmer (Orthetrum stemmale)
- Small skimmer (Orthetrum taeniolatum)
- Orthetrum testaceum
- Orthetrum triangulare
- Long skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria)
- Pepperpants (Oxythemis phoenicosceles)
- Palpopleura albifrons
- Deceptive widow (Palpopleura deceptor)
- Yellow-veined widow (Palpopleura jucunda)
- Lucia widow (Palpopleura lucia)
- Portia widow (Palpopleura portia)
- Palpopleura sexmaculata
- Palpopleura vestita
- Wandering glider (Pantala flavescens)
- Banded duskdarter (Parazyxomma flavicans)
- (Perithemis cornelia)
- Slough amberwing (Perithemis domitia)
- (Perithemis electra)
- (Perithemis lais)
- (Perithemis parzefalli)
- (Perithemis rubita)
- (Planiplax arachne)
- Porpax risi
- Swampwatcher (Potamarcha congener)
- (Pseudothemis zonata)
- (Rhodopygia cardinalis)
- Rhodopygia hinei
- (Rhodopygia hollandi)
- Rhodothemis rufa
- Skylight flutterer (Rhyothemis fenestrina)
- Rhyothemis fuliginosa
- (Rhyothemis mariposa)
- (Rhyothemis notata)
- Rhyothemis obsolescens
- Yellow-striped flutterer (Rhyothemis phyllis)
- Sapphire flutterer (Rhyothemis princeps)
- Phantom flutterer (Rhyothemis semihyalina)
- Rhyothemis triangularis
- Rhyothemis variegata
- Black pennant (Selysiothemis nigra)
- Blue-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum ambiguum)
- Yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
- Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)
- (Sympetrum haritonovi)
- Cardinal meadowhawk (Sympetrum illotum)
- Cherry-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum internum)
- Red-veined meadowhawk (Sympetrum madidum)
- Southern darter (Sympetrum meridionale)
- Island darter (Sympetrum nigrifemur)
- (Sympetrum nigrocreatum)
- Banded darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum)
- Ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
- (Sympetrum sinaiticum)
- Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
- Vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum)
- Forest elf (Tetrathemis camerunensis)
- Club-tailed elfe (Tetrathemis corduliformis)
- Rainforest elf (Tetrathemis irregularis)
- Tetrathemis platyptera
- Black-splashed elf (Tetrathemis polleni)
- Dash-winged piedface (Thermochoria equivocata)
- Clear-winged piedface (Thermochoria jeanneli)
- Thermorthemis madagascariensis
- Old World twister (Tholymis tillarga)
- Keyhole glider (Tramea basilaris)
- Striped saddlebags (Tramea calverti)
- Carolina saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
- Ferruginous glider (Tramea limbata)
- Tramea loewii
- Red-mantled saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
- Red glider dragonfly (Tramea transmarina)
- Halfshade dropwing (Trithemis aconita)
- Bronze dropwing (Trithemis aenea)
- Western phantom dropwing (Trithemis africana)
- Violet dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
- Trithemis apicalis
- Red-veined dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa)
- Crimson marsh glider (Trithemis aurora)
- Trithemis bifida
- Black dropwing (Trithemis dichroa)
- Denim dropwing (Trithemis donaldsoni)
- Highland dropwing (Trithemis dorsalis)
- Trithemis ellenbeckii
- Black stream glider (Trithemis festiva)
- Navy dropwing (Trithemis furva)
- Trithemis grouti
- Silhouette dropwing (Trithemis hecate)
- Copycat dropwing (Trithemis imitata)
- (Trithemis integra)
- Orange-winged dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi)
- Trithemis longistyla
- Monard's dropwing (Trithemis monardi)
- Hairy-legged dropwing (Trithemis nuptialis)
- Long-legged marsh glider (Trithemis pallidinervis)
- Russet dropwing (Trithemis pluvialis)
- Cobalt dropwing (Trithemis pruinata)
- Jaunty dropwing (Trithemis stictica)
- (Trithemis tropicana)
- Elegant dropwing (Trithemis werneri)
- Fiery darter (Trithetrum navasi)
- Red basker (Urothemis assignata)
- Blue basker (Urothemis edwardsii)
- Urothemis signata
- Rainforest bluewing (Zenithoptera fasciata)
- Zygonoides fraseri
- Southern riverking (Zygonoides fuelleborni)
- Ensign cascader (Zygonyx flavicosta)
- Zygonyx iris
- Blue cascader (Zygonyx natalensis)
- Regal cascader (Zygonyx regisalberti)
- Ringed cascader (Zygonyx torridus)
- Smoky duskdarter (Zyxomma atlanticum)
- Long-tailed duskdarter (Zyxomma petiolatum)
Subspecies
Polythorids[]
- (Chalcopteryx rutilans)
- Tepui bannerwing (Chalcothore montgomeryi)
- Black-banded bannerwing (Cora aurea)
- Cora irene
- Cora jocosa
- Cora klenei
- Cora marina
- Cora terminalis
Other Odonata species[]
- Tropical rockmaster (Diphlebia euphoeoides)
- Whitewater rockmaster (Diphlebia lestoides)
- White-dotted redspot (Hypopetalia pestilens)
- Idionyx rhinoceroides
- Macromidia donaldi
- Macromidia ishidai
- Forest mosquitohawk (Micromidia atrifrons)
- Chilean petaltail (Phenes raptor)
- (Philoganga vetusta)
- (Phyllopetalia apicalis)
- (Phyllopetalia apollo)
- Pudu redspot (Phyllopetalia pudu)
- Northern wiretail (Rhadinosticta banksi)
- Pantepui relict damsel (Rimanella arcana)
- Gray petaltail (Tachopteryx thoreyi)
- Bush giant dragonfly (Uropetala carovei)
- Mountain giant dragonfly (Uropetala chiltoni)
See also[]
- Lists of IUCN Red List least concern species
- List of near threatened insects
- List of vulnerable insects
- List of endangered insects
- List of critically endangered insects
- List of recently extinct insects
- List of data deficient insects
References[]
- ^ "IUCN Red List version 2016.1". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Lists of animals by conservation status
- Lists of insects
- Insects by conservation status