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Checklist Italy: Sardinia; Italian common names

Below is a checklist of the 43 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Italy: Sardinia. 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 or the scientific names.


The list below is sorted alphabetically on the Italian common names. Clicking on a species name in the list allows you to then cycle through the entire checklist for the area Italy: Sardinia 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.

#Italian common name
1Azzurrina comune (Coenagrion puella) Preview
2Azzurrina delicata (Coenagrion scitulum) Preview
3Azzurrina mediterranea (Coenagrion caerulescens) Preview
4Cardinale meridionale (Sympetrum meridionale) Preview
5Cardinale sanguineo (Sympetrum sanguineum) Preview
6Cardinale striato (Sympetrum striolatum) Preview
7Cardinale venerosse (Sympetrum fonscolombii) Preview
8Codazzurra insulare (Ischnura genei) Preview
9Codazzurra minore (Ischnura pumilio) Preview
10Dragone autunnale (Aeshna mixta) Preview
11Dragone occhiblu (Aeshna affinis) Preview
12Dragone occhiverdi (Aeshna isoceles) Preview
13Dragone peloso (Brachytron pratense) Preview
14Dragone spettro (Boyeria irene) Preview
15Freccia carbone (Diplacodes lefebvrii) Preview
16Frecciamora fasciata (Brachythemis impartita) Preview
17Freccianera (Selysiothemis nigra) Preview
18Frecciarossa (Crocothemis erythraea) Preview
19Frecciazzurra celeste (Orthetrum brunneum) Preview
20Frecciazzurra del deserto (Orthetrum nitidinerve) Preview
21Frecciazzurra meridionale (Orthetrum trinacria) Preview
22Frecciazzurra minore (Orthetrum coerulescens) Preview
23Frecciazzurra puntanera (Orthetrum cancellatum) Preview
24Gonfo uncinato (Paragomphus genei) Preview
25Imperatore comune (Anax imperator) Preview
26Imperatore migrante (Anax ephippiger) Preview
27Imperatore minore (Anax parthenope) Preview
28Invernina comune (Sympecma fusca) Preview
29Libellula frontenera (Libellula fulva) Preview
30Libellula panciapiatta (Libellula depressa) Preview
31Lindenia (Lindenia tetraphylla) Preview
32Obelisco purpureo (Trithemis kirbyi) Preview
33Obelisco violetto (Trithemis annulata) Preview
34Occhirossi dubbia (Erythromma lindenii) Preview
35Occhirossi minore (Erythromma viridulum) Preview
36Scintilla zamperosse (Ceriagrion tenellum) Preview
37Splendente comune (Calopteryx splendens) Preview
38Splendente culviola (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) Preview
39Splendente di fonte (Calopteryx virgo) Preview
40Verdina barbara (Lestes barbarus) Preview
41Verdina delle saline (Lestes macrostigma) Preview
42Verdina maggiore (Chalcolestes viridis) Preview
43Verdina minore (Lestes virens) Preview