Checklist Latvia; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 60 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Latvia. 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 Latvia 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 caerulea (Ström, 1783)
2	Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856
3	Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
4	Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)
5	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
6	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
7	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
8	Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
9	Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
10	Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
11	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
12	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
13	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
14	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
15	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
16	Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)
17	Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
18	Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894)
19	Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
20	Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
21	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
22	Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)
23	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
24	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
25	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
26	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
27	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
28	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
29	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
30	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
31	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
32	Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)
33	Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
34	Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)
35	Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)
36	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
37	Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
38	Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
39	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
40	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
41	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
42	Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)
43	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
44	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
45	Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
46	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
47	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
48	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
49	Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
50	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
51	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
52	Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
53	Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)
54	Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
55	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
56	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
57	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
58	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
59	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
60	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)