The following list documents mantises in Sri Lanka.
Family: Amorphoscelididae - Bark mantises edit
Family: Empusidae - Violin mantises edit
Family: Hymenopodidae - Flower mimic mantises edit
Family: Iridopterygidae edit
Family: Liturgusidae edit
Family: Mantidae - Praying mantises edit
- Amantis nawai
- Armeniola laevis
- Asiadodis squilla
- Choeradodis strumaria
- Compsomantis ceylonica
- Deiphobe infuscata
- Deiphobella laticeps
- Elmantis lata
- Elmantis trincomaliae
- Heterochaetula straminea
- Hierodula harpyia
- Hierodula membranacea
- Hierodula tenuidentata
- Hierodula unimaculata
- Hierodula versicolor
- Mantis religiosa
- Rhombodera taprobanae
- Schizocephala bicornis
- Statilia maculata
- Statilia maculata maculata
- Tenodera fasciata