Lyriothemis lucifera spec. nov. (holotype male: 18.iv.1998, Long Island, Rangat county, North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman Islands, India, ex.-coll. M. H & auml;m & auml;l & auml;inen, Wen-Chi Yeh, RMNH.INS. 1152914; deposited at Naturalis Biodiversity Centre Leiden, the Netherlands), is described and figured. This new species belongs to the 3(rd) group of Lyriothemis Brauer, 1868. Photographs of the name-bearing specimens of Lyriothemis magnificata (Selys, 1878), Lyriothemis daui Kr & uuml;ger, 1902, and Lyriothemis laui Kr & uuml;ger, 1902 are provided.