Checklist Bulgaria; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 71 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Bulgaria. It's based on Dijkstra, Schröter & Lewington's Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Europe (2020), on the Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies (Boudot & Kalkman (eds.), 2015), and - in a handful of cases - on new area records. Please click here if you would like to see the list below with the Bulgarian common names or the English common names.

The list below is sorted as per our overall checklist. Clicking on a species name in the list allows you to then cycle through the entire checklist for the area Bulgaria by using the Previous (<==) and Next (==>) buttons at the bottom of each page. If you would prefer to see it sorted alphabetically on the species' scientific names, please click here.

Note: if you believe a species is missing from the checklist below, please do email us at with the new information, together with the relevant source(s) and references. If we agree that the new information is indeed valid, we will update the checklist as soon as possible.

Please click on a species name below to see our 20 photographs of that species.

#	Scientific name
1	Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)
2	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
3	Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)
4	Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
5	Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
6	Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
7	Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)
8	Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)
9	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
10	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
11	Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
12	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
13	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
14	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
15	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
16	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
17	Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
18	Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)
19	Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)
20	Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
21	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
22	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
23	Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)
24	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
25	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
26	Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
27	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
28	Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
29	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
30	Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
31	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
32	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
33	Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
34	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
35	Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)
36	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
37	Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
38	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
39	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
40	Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825)
41	Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979
42	Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854
43	Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843
44	Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845
45	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
46	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
47	Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935
48	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
49	Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
50	Somatochlora borisi Marinov, 2001
51	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
52	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
53	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
54	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
55	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
56	Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)
57	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
58	Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
59	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
60	Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
61	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
62	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
63	Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
64	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
65	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
66	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
67	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
68	Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
69	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
70	Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)
71	Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)