Table of the Mexican dragonflies per state

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- The number in the Zacatecas/Quintana Roo column is the total state count for the species (max 32).
- Updated June 2026.

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Species

Twigtails (Perilestidae)

Horned Twigtail
Perissolestes magdalenae

Spreadwings (Lestidae)

California Spreadwing
Archilestes californicus

Great Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis

Yellow-eyed Spreadwing
Archilestes latialatus

Regal Spreadwing
Archilestes regalis

Plateau Spreadwing
Lestes alacer

Alfonso's Spreadwing
Lestes alfonsoi

Rainpool Spreadwing
Lestes forficula

Wedge-striped Spreadwing
Lestes scalaris

Chalky Spreadwing
Lestes sigma

Allied Spreadwing
Lestes simplex

Blue-striped Spreadwing
Lestes tenuatus

Shadowdamsels (Platystictidae)

Angelina's Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema angelina

Presidio Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema desiderata

Desert Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema domina

Nathalia Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema nathalia

Puebla Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema paulicaxa

Córdoba Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema paulicoba

Tabasco Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema paulitaba

Atoyac Shadowdamsel
Palaemnema paulitoyaca

Mayan Damsels (Amphipterygidae)

Mexican Mayan Damsel
Amphipteryx agrioides

Chiapas Mayan Damsel
Amphipteryx chiapensis

Demoiselles (Calopterygidae)

American Rubyspot
Hetaerina americana

Cryptic Rubyspot
Hetaerina calverti

Bronze Rubyspot
Hetaerina capitalis

Highland Rubyspot
Hetaerina cruentata

Emerald Rubyspot
Hetaerina infecta

Racket-tipped Rubyspot
Hetaerina occisa

Knob-tipped Rubyspot
Hetaerina pilula

Velvet-black Rubyspot
Hetaerina rudis

Forest Rubyspot
Hetaerina sempronia

Smoky Rubyspot
Hetaerina titia

Canyon Rubyspot
Hetaerina vulnerata

Cascade Damsels (Thaumatoneuridae)

Paraphlebia chiarae
Paraphlebia chiarae

Paraphlebia esperanza
Paraphlebia esperanza

Paraphlebia flinti
Paraphlebia flinti

Clearwing Cascade Damsel
Paraphlebia hyalina

Paraphlebia kauil
Paraphlebia kauil

Paraphlebia kinich
Paraphlebia kinich

Polymorphic Cascade Damsel
Paraphlebia quinta

Showy Cascade Damsel
Paraphlebia zoe

Pond Damselflies (Coenagrionidae)

Narrow-tipped Wedgetail
Acanthagrion inexpectum

Mexican Wedgetail
Acanthagrion quadratum

Western Red Damsel
Amphiagrion abbreviatum

Middle American Pearlwing
Anisagrion allopterum

Guatemalan Pearlwing
Anisagrion truncatipenne

Black-and-white Damsel
Apanisagrion lais

California Dancer
Argia agrioides

Paiute Dancer
Argia alberta

Cerulean Dancer
Argia anceps

Argia annae
Argia annae

Blue-fronted Dancer
Argia apicalis

Comanche Dancer
Argia barretti

Calida Dancer
Argia calida

Yaqui Dancer
Argia carlcooki

Big Blue Dancer
Argia chelata

Coppery Dancer
Argia cuprea

Deam's Dancer
Argia deami

Thorn-tipped Dancer
Argia elongata

Spine-tipped Dancer
Argia extranea

Green-eyed Dancer
Argia frequentula

Variable Dancer
Argia fumipennis

Big Red Dancer
Argia funcki

Springwater Dancer
Argia funebris

Garrison's Dancer
Argia garrisoni

Petén Dancer
Argia gaumeri

Argia gonzalezi
Argia gonzalezi

Harkness’s Dancer
Argia harknessi

Gilded Dancer
Argia herberti

Lavender Dancer
Argia hinei

Kiowa Dancer
Argia immunda

Swamp Dancer
Argia indicatrix

Sierra Madre Dancer
Argia lacrimans

Leonora’s Dancer
Argia leonorae

Sooty Dancer
Argia lugens

May's Dancer
Argia mayi

Sky-blue Dancer
Argia medullaris

Powdered Dancer
Argia moesta

Apache Dancer
Argia munda

Aztec Dancer
Argia nahuana

Argia noveloi
Argia noveloi

Oculate Dancer
Argia oculata

Fiery-eyed Dancer
Argia oenea

Amethyst Dancer
Argia pallens

Marsh Dancer
Argia paludicola

Chalk-fronted Dancer
Argia percellulata

Pima Dancer
Argia pima

Pipila Dancer
Argia pipila

Pocomana Dancer
Argia pocomana

Popoluca Dancer
Argia popoluca

Purple Dancer
Argia pulla

Golden-winged Dancer
Argia rhoadsi

Rudolph's Dancer
Argia rudolphi

Sabino Dancer
Argia sabino

Blue-ringed Dancer
Argia sedula

Tarascan Dancer
Argia tarascana

Tezpi Dancer
Argia tezpi

Tonto Dancer
Argia tonto

Dusky Dancer
Argia translata

Olmec Dancer
Argia ulmeca

Celestial Dancer
Argia variabilis

Vivid Dancer
Argia vivida

Westfall's Dancer
Argia westfalli

Caribbean Damsel
Enacantha caribbea

Northern Bluet
Enallagma annexum

Double-striped Bluet
Enallagma basidens

Boreal Bluet
Enallagma boreale

Tule Bluet
Enallagma carunculatum

Familiar Bluet
Enallagma civile

Big Bluet
Enallagma durum

Baja Bluet
Enallagma eiseni

Stream Bluet
Enallagma exsulans

Neotropical Bluet
Enallagma novaehispaniae

Arroyo Bluet
Enallagma praevarum

Guatemalan Bluet
Enallagma rua

Claw-tipped Bluet
Enallagma semicirculare

Orange Bluet
Enallagma signatum

Painted Damsel
Hesperagrion heterodoxum

Desert Forktail
Ischnura barberi

Tiny Forktail
Ischnura capreolus

Pacific Forktail
Ischnura cervula

Plains Forktail
Ischnura damula

Mexican Forktail
Ischnura demorsa

Black-fronted Forktail
Ischnura denticollis

Citrine Forktail
Ischnura hastata

Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita

Rambur’s Forktail
Ischnura ramburii

Caribbean Swampdamsel
Leptobasis candelaria

Guanacaste Swampdamsel
Leptobasis guanacaste

Lucifer Swampdamsel
Leptobasis lucifer

Cream-tipped Swampdamsel
Leptobasis melinogaster

Red-tipped Swampdamsel
Leptobasis vacillans

Bromeliad Helicopter
Mecistogaster modesta

Lemon-tipped Helicopter
Mecistogaster ornata

Mexican Blue-winged Helicopter
Megaloprepus latipennis

Tropical Sprite
Nehalennia minuta

Caribbean Yellowface
Neoerythromma cultellatum

West Mexican Yellowface
Neoerythromma gladiolatum

Broad-winged Helicopter
Pseudostigma aberrans

Wide-winged Helicopter
Pseudostigma accedens

Belize Firetail
Telebasis boomsmae

Dark-tailed Firetail
Telebasis collopistes

Marsh Firetail
Telebasis digiticollis

Striped Firetail
Telebasis filiola

Oasis Firetail
Telebasis incolumis

Green-eyed Firetail
Telebasis isthmica

Hyacinth Firetail
Telebasis levis

Desert Firetail
Telebasis salva

Threadtails (Protoneuridae)

Coral-fronted Threadtail
Neoneura aaroni

Amelia’s Threadtail
Neoneura amelia

Paya Threadtail
Neoneura paya

Golden-orange Threadtail
Protoneura aurantiaca

Orange-striped Threadtail
Protoneura cara

Peach-fronted Threadtail
Protoneura corculum

Blue-fronted Threadtail
Protoneura cupida

Ruddy Threadtail
Protoneura rojiza

Shadowy Threadtail
Psaironeura remissa

Flamboyant Flatwings (Heteragrionidae)

Pale-faced Flatwing
Heteragrion albifrons

Golden Flatwing
Heteragrion alienum

Azure Flatwing
Heteragrion azulum

Highland Flatwing
Heteragrion tricellulare

Bannerwings (Polythoridae)

Blue Cora
Cora marina

Hawkers (Aeshnidae)

Persephone’s Darner
Aeshna persephone

Walker’s Darner
Aeshna walkeri

Mountain Stream Darner
Aeshna williamsoniana

Amazon Darner
Anax amazili

Blue-spotted Comet Darner
Anax concolor

Common Green Darner
Anax junius

Giant Darner
Anax walsinghami

Blue-faced Darner
Coryphaeschna adnexa

Icarus Darner
Coryphaeschna apeora

Fiery Darner
Coryphaeschna diapyra

Mangrove Darner
Coryphaeschna viriditas

Helen's Darner
Gynacantha helenga

Little Brown Darner
Gynacantha laticeps

Bar-sided Darner
Gynacantha mexicana

Twilight Darner
Gynacantha nervosa

Riffle Darner
Oplonaeschna armata

Broad-striped Riffle Darner
Oplonaeschna magna

Malachite Darner
Remartinia luteipennis

Secretive Darner
Remartinia secreta

California Darner
Rhionaeschna californica

Highland Darner
Rhionaeschna cornigera

Arroyo Darner
Rhionaeschna dugesi

Black-tailed Darner
Rhionaeschna jalapensis

Spot-fronted Darner
Rhionaeschna manni

Blue-eyed Darner
Rhionaeschna multicolor

Turquoise-tipped Darner
Rhionaeschna psilus

West Mexican Darner
Rhionaeschna vazquezae

Caribbean Darner
Triacanthagyna caribbea

Black-legged Darner
Triacanthagyna dentata

Ditzler's Darner
Triacanthagyna ditzleri

Pale-green Darner
Triacanthagyna septima

Clubtails (Gomphidae)

Slender Clubtail
Agriogomphus tumens

Broad-striped Forceptail
Aphylla angustifolia

Antillean Forceptail
Aphylla caraiba

Narrow-striped Forceptail
Aphylla protracta

Obscure Forceptail
Aphylla tenuis

Mexican Snouttail
Archaeogomphus furcatus

Flag-tailed Spinyleg
Dromogomphus spoliatus

Clavate Knobtail
Epigomphus clavatus

Tehuantepec Knobtail
Epigomphus crepidus

Donnelly’s Knobtail
Epigomphus donnellyi

Flint’s Knobtail
Epigomphus flinti

Paulson’s Knobtail
Epigomphus paulsoni

Common Knobtail
Epigomphus subobtusus

Tuxtla Knobtail
Epigomphus sulcatistyla

Dark Ringtail
Erpetogomphus agkistrodon

Boa Ringtail
Erpetogomphus boa

One-striped Ringtail
Erpetogomphus bothrops

White-belted Ringtail
Erpetogomphus compositus

Knob-tipped Ringtail
Erpetogomphus constrictor

Plain Ringtail
Erpetogomphus cophias

Yellow-legged Ringtail
Erpetogomphus crotalinus

Eastern Ringtail
Erpetogomphus designatus

Straight-tipped Ringtail
Erpetogomphus elaps

Eric’s Ringtail
Erpetogomphus erici

Blue-faced Ringtail
Erpetogomphus eutainia

Dashed Ringtail
Erpetogomphus heterodon

Serpent Ringtail
Erpetogomphus lampropeltis

Dark-shouldered Ringtail
Erpetogomphus liopeltis

Black-tailed Ringtail
Erpetogomphus molossus

Tuxtla Ringtail
Erpetogomphus ophibolus

Rio Hondo Ringtail
Erpetogomphus oxybelis

Plateau Ringtail
Erpetogomphus sipedon

Viper Ringtail
Erpetogomphus viperinus

Plains Clubtail
Gomphurus externus

Tamaulipan Clubtail
Gomphurus gonzalezi

Grappletail
Octogomphus specularis

Mexican Snaketail
Ophiogomphus purepecha

Sulphur-tipped Clubtail
Phanogomphus militaris

Ringed Forceptail
Phyllocycla breviphylla

Angle-tipped Forceptail
Phyllocycla elongata

Tiny Forceptail
Phyllocycla volsella

Five-striped Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides albrighti

Spine-tipped Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides apiculatus

Two-striped Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides bifasciatus

Daniel’s Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides danieli

Double-toothed Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides duodentatus

Enrique's Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides enriquei

Chiapas Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides indicatrix

Luis’s Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides luisi

West Mexican Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides nayaritensis

Pacific Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides pacificus

Tuxtla Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides pugnifer

Four-striped Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides stigmatus

Common Leaftail
Phyllogomphoides suasus

Yellow-patterned Clubtail
Progomphus amarillus

Belyshev’s Sanddragon
Progomphus belyshevi

Gray Sanddragon
Progomphus borealis

Zebra-striped Sanddragon
Progomphus clendoni

Lamberto’s Sanddragon
Progomphus lambertoi

Forest Sanddragon
Progomphus longistigma

Marcela’s Sanddragon
Progomphus marcelae

Mexican Sanddragon
Progomphus mexicanus

Pygmy Sanddragon
Progomphus pygmaeus

Ris’s Sanddragon
Progomphus risi

Splendid Sanddragon
Progomphus zonatus

Plateau Clubtail
Stylurus falcatus

Brimstone Clubtail
Stylurus intricatus

Russet-tipped Clubtail
Stylurus plagiatus

Goldenrings (Cordulegastridae)

Apache Spiketail
Cordulegaster diadema

Cloudforest Spiketail
Cordulegaster virginiae

Pacific Spiketail
Zoraena dorsalis

Idomacromiidae (Idomacromiidae)

Bates’s Emerald
Neocordulia batesi

Cruisers (Macromiidae)

Bronzed River Cruiser
Macromia annulata

Western River Cruiser
Macromia magnifica

Skimmers (Libellulidae)

Common Blue-eye
Anatya guttata

Red-tailed Pennant
Brachymesia furcata

Four-spotted Pennant
Brachymesia gravida

Tawny Pennant
Brachymesia herbida

Broad-winged Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga latialata

Pale-faced Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga mendax

Little Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga nubecula

Masked Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga pertinax

Slender Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga praecox

Amber-banded Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga rapax

Tepeaca Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga tepeaca

Vivacious Clubskimmer
Brechmorhoga vivax

Gray-waisted Skimmer
Cannaphila insularis

Blue-tailed Skimmer
Cannaphila vibex

Halloween Pennant
Celithemis eponina

Checkered Setwing
Dythemis fugax

Mayan Setwing
Dythemis maya

Blue-eyed Setwing
Dythemis nigra

Black Setwing
Dythemis nigrescens

Brown Setwing
Dythemis sterilis

Swift Setwing
Dythemis velox

Golden Streamskimmer
Elasmothemis aliciae

Ruddy Streamskimmer
Elasmothemis cannacrioides

Black Pondhawk
Erythemis attala

Western Pondhawk
Erythemis collocata

Red Pondhawk
Erythemis haematogastra

Claret Pondhawk
Erythemis mithroides

Flame-tailed Pondhawk
Erythemis peruviana

Pin-tailed Pondhawk
Erythemis plebeja

Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis

Great Pondhawk
Erythemis vesiculosa

Montane Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax abjecta

Andagoya Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax andagoya

Plateau Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax basifusca

Seaside Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax berenice

Red-mantled Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax fervida

Black-winged Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax funerea

Red-faced Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax fusca

Band-winged Dragonlet
Erythrodiplax umbrata

Metallic Pennant
Idiataphe cubensis

Coahuila Skimmer
Libellula coahuiltecana

Comanche Skimmer
Libellula comanche

Bleached Skimmer
Libellula composita

Neon Skimmer
Libellula croceipennis

Highland Skimmer
Libellula foliata

Red-mantled Skimmer
Libellula gaigei

Hercules Skimmer
Libellula herculea

Widow Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa

Needham’s Skimmer
Libellula needhami

Hoary Skimmer
Libellula nodisticta

Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Libellula pulchella

Flame Skimmer
Libellula saturata

Marl Pennant
Macrodiplax balteata

Delia Sylph
Macrothemis delia

Attenuate Sylph
Macrothemis extensa

Delta-spotted Sylph
Macrothemis hemichlora

Ivory-striped Sylph
Macrothemis imitans

Straw-colored Sylph
Macrothemis inacuta

Jade-striped Sylph
Macrothemis inequiunguis

Delicate Sylph
Macrothemis musiva

White-tailed Sylph
Macrothemis pseudimitans

Sierra Madre Sylph
Macrothemis ultima

Hyacinth Glider
Miathyria marcella

Dwarf Glider
Miathyria simplex

Spot-tailed Dasher
Micrathyria aequalis

Black Dasher
Micrathyria atra

Petén Dasher
Micrathyria debilis

Even-striped Dasher
Micrathyria dictynna

Three-striped Dasher
Micrathyria didyma

Caribbean Dasher
Micrathyria dissocians

Thornbush Dasher
Micrathyria hagenii

Square-spotted Dasher
Micrathyria ocellata

Upland Dasher
Micrathyria paulsoni

Dusky Dasher
Micrathyria schumanni

Glossy-fronted Dryad
Nephepeltia flavifrons

Carmine Skimmer
Orthemis discolor

Roseate Skimmer
Orthemis ferruginea

Slender Skimmer
Orthemis levis

Red-tailed Skimmer
Orthemis schmidti

Blue Dasher
Pachydiplax longipennis

Blue Rock Skimmer
Paltothemis cyanosoma

Red Rock Skimmer
Paltothemis lineatipes

Wandering Glider
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider
Pantala hymenaea

Slough Amberwing
Perithemis domitia

Mexican Amberwing
Perithemis intensa

Eastern Amberwing
Perithemis tenera

Mexican Scarlet-tail
Planiplax sanguiniventris

Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia

Desert Whitetail
Plathemis subornata

Filigree Skimmer
Pseudoleon superbus

Variegated Meadowhawk
Sympetrum corruptum

Cardinal Meadowhawk
Sympetrum illotum

Spot-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum signiferum

Arch-tipped Glider
Tauriphila argo

Garnet Glider
Tauriphila australis

Aztec Glider
Tauriphila azteca

Evening Skimmer
Tholymis citrina

Vermilion Saddlebags
Tramea abdominalis

Sooty Saddlebags
Tramea binotata

Striped Saddlebags
Tramea darwini

Antillean Saddlebags
Tramea insularis

Black Saddlebags
Tramea lacerata

Red Saddlebags
Tramea onusta

Tropical Woodskimmer
Uracis imbuta

Emeralds (Corduliidae)

Dot-winged Baskettail
Epitheca petechialis

Prince Baskettail
Epitheca princeps

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