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SWAZILAND'S BIODIVERSITY: Swaziland's Dragonflies and Damselflies

Data sources:

SA damselflies and dragonflies checklist. Compiled by Tanza Crouch and Tessa Hedge. Department of Entomology & Arachnology, Durban Natural Science Museum, P O Box 4085, Durban, 4000 South Africa.
Photos by Kate Braun, A. Manson and G. Diedericks, Virtual Museum - Odonata of southern Africa
Possible occurrence based on distribution maps in Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa. 2008. Michael J. Samways.

Photos to illustrate the checklist provided by Christopher K Willis, G Diedericks, J H Wilkinson, A Manson, Peter Webb, Felicity Grundlingh and Kate Braun, Virtual Museum - Odonata of southern Africa.
Names as per South African Dragonflies (W. Tarboton), February 2013.

UPDATED CHECKLIST: An Adobe pdf version of the checklist as at June 2014 is available here (click to view/download - approx 9 MB).


	Odonata, Zygoptera	Damselflies
	Lestidae	Spreadwings (7 species)
	Synlestidae	Malachites (2 species)
	Calopterygidae	Demoiselles (1 species)
	Chlorocyphidae	Jewels (1 species)
	Platycnemididae	Stream-damsels (2 species)
	Protoneuridae	Threadtails (1 species)
	Coenagrionidae	Sprites (23 species)

	Odonata, Anisoptera	Dragonflies
	(37 species recorded or possibly found in Swaziland.)

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