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Chiang Mai is reported to have more dragonflies and damselflies than any other province in Thailand with over 190 species.  This page has damselflies: to see dragonflies or more damselflies click on the links above.

Coenagrionidae Argiocnemis Agriocnemis Aciagrion Coenagrionidae
  Ceriagrion Mortonagrion Pseudagrion Ischnura
Platycnemididae Calicnemia Copera Coeliccia  
Calopterygidae  Neurobasis  Vestalis Mnais Matrona
Euphaeidae Euphaea Anisopleura    

                

Coenagrionidae

Argiocnemis
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Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola female Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola male, red phase. Widespread and common all year. this one has just caught a small fly
Agriocnemis
male Agriocnemis femina female Agriocnemis probably Agriocnemis femina male ?Agriocnemis sp. female
   
probably a female Agriocnemis probably a female Agriocnemis probably nothing at all  
Aciagrion Mortonagrion
Aciagrion pallidum Aciagrion pallidum,  widespread and common dry-season species Mortonagrion aborense female
Coenagrionidae
   

Coenagrionidae sp. female

   
Ceriagrion species
it's dog eat dog out there- well damselfly eat damselfly Ceriagrion indochinense  

Ceriagrion sp. female

Ceriagrion sp. pair Ceriagrion sp. male Ceriagrion sp. female Ceriagrion auranticum
   
Ceriagrion auranticum female Ceriagrion fallax    
Pseudagrion species
Pseudagrion pruinosum  supposed to be common but it's the first time I've seen it Pseudagrion pruinosum
 

Pseudagrion ?pruinosum  in copula

Pseudagrion pruinosum  

Pseudagrion rubriceps in copula   widespread Apr-Dec

Pseudagrion rubriceps male
Pseudagrion rubriceps male Pseudagrion rubriceps male Pseudagrion rubriceps male Pseudagrion rubriceps pair
 
Pseudagrion microcephalum or australasia male Pseudagrion, probably australiasae  
Ischnura
Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) Ischnura aurora  male   uncommon Jul-Feb   Ischnura rufostigma group
   
Ischnura rufostigma group Ischnura senegalensis male eating a teneral Copera sp.    

Platycnemididae

Calicnemia
 
Calicnemia imitans female

Calicnemia erythyomelas Platycnemididae montane up to 1700m

 
Copera  species
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Copera marginipes common throughout the year Copera ciliata female Copera marginipes  in copula Copera marginipes pair

Copera marginipes 

Copera ciliata female Copera sp. female

Copera ciliata  widespread lowland species found all year

juvenile Copera sp. Copera ciliata female
.. and put Kenny G on nice and low ...   (this row all Copera species)
Copera sp. female Copera sp. female  
Coeliccia species
Coeliccia didyma common in the south, less so in the north Coeliccia didyma Coeliccia loogali

Coeliccia sp.

Coeliccia marginipes  Coeliccia loogali
Coeliccia poungyi  female  uplands all year

Coeliccia poungyi  female

Coeliccia chromothorax  common in northern mountains Mar-Dec Coeliccia chromothorax
   
Coeliccia loogali      

Calopterygidae

Neurobasis species
Neurobasis chinensis Widespread, common all year Neurobasis chinensis Neurobasis chinensis
     
Neurobasis chinensis in courtship      
Vestalis species
Vestalis gracilis Vestalis gracilis male perhaps Vestalis smaragdina  Northern montane species, flies September to February Vestalis sp.  female 
 
Vestalis gracilis  
Mnais
Mnais andersoni  male (hyaline winged) Northern mountains  Feb-July

Mnais andersoni  male (orange winged)

Mnais andersoni male Mnais andersoni female
Mnais yunosukei, rare montane species on Doi Inthanon (female left, centre and right male; thanks to Matti Hamalainen for leading me to it Calopterygid, difficult to say which
Matrona species
Matrona nigripectus  Montane species found only in Chiang Mai area late in the year (male centre pictures)  
   
Matrona nigripectus male found in Chiang Mai June-Dec Matrona nigripectus female    

Euphaeidae

female EuphaeidEuphaea masoni or ochracea Euphaea masoni male  widespread and common all year Euphaea sp. female Anisopleura furcata female
 
Anisopleura furcata

Euphaea masoni male again

 

Many thanks to Nick Donnelly and Matti Hamalainen for supplying most of the id's

For identifying species I find the most useful source is M. Hamalainen & Amnuay Pinratana: Atlas of the Dragonflies of Thailand. However, as I don't collect specimens, many of the id's are tentative.   

 

 

Last modified 27 Nov 01 (2)