Checklist France: mainland; scientific names
Below is a checklist of the 91 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area France: mainland. 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 French 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 France: mainland 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 | Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)  |
| 8 | Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)  |
| 9 | Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)  |
| 10 | Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 11 | Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 12 | Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 13 | Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)  |
| 14 | Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841  |
| 15 | Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842  |
| 16 | Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)  |
| 17 | Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842)  |
| 18 | Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 19 | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 20 | Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 21 | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 22 | Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 23 | Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)  |
| 24 | Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)  |
| 25 | Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838)  |
| 26 | Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 27 | Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 28 | Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)  |
| 29 | Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 30 | Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)  |
| 31 | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)  |
| 32 | Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)  |
| 33 | Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 34 | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805  |
| 35 | Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820  |
| 36 | Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)  |
| 37 | Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 38 | Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)  |
| 39 | Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)  |
| 40 | Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 41 | Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908  |
| 42 | Anax imperator Leach, 1815  |
| 43 | Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)  |
| 44 | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)  |
| 45 | Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)  |
| 46 | Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838)  |
| 47 | Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 48 | Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842  |
| 49 | Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840  |
| 50 | Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840  |
| 51 | Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 52 | Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)  |
| 53 | Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 54 | Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 55 | Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)  |
| 56 | Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843  |
| 57 | Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)  |
| 58 | Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843)  |
| 59 | Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 60 | Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 61 | Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935  |
| 62 | Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 63 | Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)  |
| 64 | Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840)  |
| 65 | Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 66 | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758  |
| 67 | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758  |
| 68 | Libellula fulva Müller, 1764  |
| 69 | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 70 | Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)  |
| 71 | Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 72 | Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)  |
| 73 | Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 74 | Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 75 | Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 76 | Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)  |
| 77 | Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 78 | Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)  |
| 79 | Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)  |
| 80 | Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)  |
| 81 | Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)  |
| 82 | Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 83 | Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)  |
| 84 | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 85 | Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 86 | Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)  |
| 87 | Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)  |
| 88 | Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)  |
| 89 | Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891  |
| 90 | Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 91 | Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)  |