Checklist Luxembourg; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 62 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Luxembourg. 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 German common names, or the French 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 Luxembourg 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 barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
4	Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
5	Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
6	Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)
7	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
8	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
9	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
10	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
11	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
12	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
13	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
14	Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
15	Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)
16	Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)
17	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
18	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
19	Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)
20	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
21	Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)
22	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
23	Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
24	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
25	Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)
26	Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
27	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
28	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
29	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
30	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
31	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
32	Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840
33	Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
34	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
35	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
36	Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)
37	Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843
38	Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)
39	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
40	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
41	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
42	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
43	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
44	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
45	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
46	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
47	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
48	Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
49	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
50	Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
51	Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
52	Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)
53	Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
54	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
55	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
56	Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
57	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
58	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
59	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
60	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
61	Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
62	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)