Open AccessA checklist of dragonflies & damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Kerala, India
Author(s) -
Sujith V. Gopalan,
Muhamed Sherif,
A. Vivek Chandran
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.7504.14.2.20654-20665
Subject(s) - iucn red list , odonata , cites , threatened species , near threatened species , endemism , libellulidae , geography , checklist , ecology , biology , habitat , dragonfly , paleontology
A checklist of odonates of Kerala State is presented in this paper. Scientific binomen, vernacular names in Malayalam, IUCN Red List status, and endemism are also given. A total of 174 species of odonates have been recorded from Kerala till date, 65 of which are endemic to the Western Ghats, and 10 to India. Five species fall under various threatened categories of IUCN. None of the odonates occurring in Kerala is listed in the schedules of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act or the appendices of CITES.