Abstract:
The present work is aimed to study diversity and abundance of dragonflies and damselflies of Pimpri-
Chinchwad Municipality in Pune city of Maharashtra in Northern western Ghats. This study has been carried
out for one year from June 2016 to March 2017. A total number of 32 species under 6 families was observed.
The most abundant family was Libellulidae comprising 20 species followed by Coenagrionidae comprising 6
species, Chlorocyphidae comprising 2 species, Lestidae with 2 species, Aeshnidae and Platycnemidae
comprising of 1species. Assemblage of different species in relation to their habitat diversity and diversity
indices were also reported.
