Checklist for the Russian Federation: mainland; scientific names
Below is a checklist of the 84 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Russian Federation: 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 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 Russian Federation: mainland 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 caerulea (Ström, 1783)  |
| 3 | Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856  |
| 4 | Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)  |
| 5 | Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 6 | Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)  |
| 7 | Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 8 | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805  |
| 9 | Aeshna serrata Hagen, 1856  |
| 10 | Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908  |
| 11 | Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836  |
| 12 | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)  |
| 13 | Anax imperator Leach, 1815  |
| 14 | Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)  |
| 15 | Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)  |
| 16 | Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)  |
| 17 | Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)  |
| 18 | Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 19 | Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)  |
| 20 | Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 21 | Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 22 | Coenagrion hylas (Trybom, 1889)  |
| 23 | Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894)  |
| 24 | Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 25 | Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)  |
| 26 | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 27 | Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 28 | Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)  |
| 29 | Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)  |
| 30 | Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845  |
| 31 | Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854  |
| 32 | Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 33 | Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)  |
| 34 | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 35 | Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 36 | Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)  |
| 37 | Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)  |
| 38 | Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 39 | Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 40 | Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)  |
| 41 | Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905  |
| 42 | Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 43 | Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 44 | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890  |
| 45 | Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)  |
| 46 | Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)  |
| 47 | Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 48 | Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)  |
| 49 | Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 50 | Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 51 | Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 52 | Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 53 | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758  |
| 54 | Libellula fulva Müller, 1764  |
| 55 | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758  |
| 56 | Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 57 | Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 58 | Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 59 | Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)  |
| 60 | Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)  |
| 61 | Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)  |
| 62 | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 63 | Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 64 | Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)  |
| 65 | Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)  |
| 66 | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)  |
| 67 | Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 68 | Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840)  |
| 69 | Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)  |
| 70 | Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 71 | Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)  |
| 72 | Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889  |
| 73 | Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)  |
| 74 | Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)  |
| 75 | Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)  |
| 76 | Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)  |
| 77 | Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)  |
| 78 | Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| 79 | Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)  |
| 80 | Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)  |
| 81 | Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)  |
| 82 | Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)  |
| 83 | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)  |
| 84 | Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  |