Checklist Cyprus; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 38 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Cyprus. 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 English common names.

The list below is sorted alphabetically on the species' scientific names. Clicking on a species name in the list allows you to then cycle through the entire checklist for the area Cyprus by using the Previous (<==) and Next (==>) buttons at the bottom of each page. If you would prefer to see it sorted as per our overall checklist, 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	Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
2	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
3	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
4	Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
5	Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
6	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
7	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
8	Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890)
9	Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)
10	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
11	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
12	Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)
13	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
14	Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)
15	Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
16	Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)
17	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
18	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
19	Ischnura intermedia Dumont, 1974
20	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
21	Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
22	Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)
23	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
24	Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
25	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
26	Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)
27	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
28	Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773)
29	Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845)
30	Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)
31	Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)
32	Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)
33	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
34	Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
35	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
36	Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
37	Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839)
38	Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)