Checklist Spain; scientific names
Below is a checklist of the 81 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Spain. 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 Spain 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 cyanea (Müller, 1764)  |
| 3 | Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)  |
| 4 | Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 5 | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805  |
| 6 | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)  |
| 7 | Anax imperator Leach, 1815  |
| 8 | Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)  |
| 9 | Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838)  |
| 10 | Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890)  |
| 11 | Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)  |
| 12 | Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 13 | Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 14 | Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 15 | Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)  |
| 16 | Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 17 | Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838)  |
| 18 | Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 19 | Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 20 | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 21 | Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 22 | Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)  |
| 23 | Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843  |
| 24 | Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)  |
| 25 | Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 26 | Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)  |
| 27 | Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)  |
| 28 | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 29 | Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)  |
| 30 | Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 31 | Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842  |
| 32 | Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840  |
| 33 | Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840  |
| 34 | Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 35 | Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)  |
| 36 | Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842)  |
| 37 | Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 38 | Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 39 | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890  |
| 40 | Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)  |
| 41 | Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)  |
| 42 | Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 43 | Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 44 | Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 45 | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758  |
| 46 | Libellula fulva Müller, 1764  |
| 47 | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758  |
| 48 | Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 49 | Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843)  |
| 50 | Onychogomphus cazuma Barona, Cardo & Díaz, 2020  |
| 51 | Onychogomphus costae Selys, 1885  |
| 52 | Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 53 | Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 54 | Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)  |
| 55 | Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)  |
| 56 | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 57 | Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)  |
| 58 | Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 59 | Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841)  |
| 60 | Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)  |
| 61 | Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)  |
| 62 | Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 63 | Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841)  |
| 64 | Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841  |
| 65 | Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842  |
| 66 | Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)  |
| 67 | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)  |
| 68 | Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 69 | Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 70 | Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)  |
| 71 | Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 72 | Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)  |
| 73 | Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)  |
| 74 | Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)  |
| 75 | Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)  |
| 76 | Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977  |
| 77 | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 78 | Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 79 | Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)  |
| 80 | Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891  |
| 81 | Zygonyx torridus (Kirby, 1889)  |