List of damselflies of the world (Platystictidae)

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Drepanosticta adami is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Drepanosticta is a genus of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. Some authors consider some species to be in the genus Ceylonosticta.

Drepanosticta austeni is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Drepanosticta montana is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Drepanosticta submontana is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Drepanosticta subtropica is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was recorded for the first time after 83 years, along with three new species from Samanala Nature Reserve.

Ceylonosticta is a genus of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. Some authors consider some species to be in the genus Drepanosticta. Three new species were described from Sri Lanka in late 2016 with a rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica. The World Odonata List describes 21 species.

<i>Protosticta ponmudiensis</i> Species of damselfly

Protosticta ponmudiensis, Travancore reedtail, is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to southern Western Ghats in India. It is named after the type locality (Ponmudi), a hill station near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, where the species was discovered.

<i>Protosticta rufostigma</i> Species of damselfly

Protosticta rufostigma is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Western Ghats in India.

Platysticta is a genus of shadowdamsel in the damselfly family Platystictidae. There are about nine described species in Platysticta.

<i>Protosticta</i> Genus of damselflies

Protosticta is a genus of shadowdamsel in the damselfly family Platystictidae. There are more than 50 described species in Protosticta.

<i>Protosticta cyanofemora</i> Species of insect

Protosticta cyanofemora is a damselfly species in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to southern Western Ghats in India. The species is named cyanofemora considering its bright blue femur.

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