Checklist, Danish common names
Below is a checklist of all the European dragonfly and damselfly species, with their Danish common names, if available. It's largely based on Dijkstra, Schröter and Lewington's excellent Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Europe, 2nd edition (2020). For a list of the species which we have excluded from our European checklist, please click here.
We now have photographs available of all of the 134 species listed below.
If you would like to see the checklist with the common names in a different language, click on the corresponding flag below. And you can also see the checklist with only the scientific names.
| # | Suborder | Family | Genus | Species | Danish common name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)   | Almindelig kobbervandnymfe |
| 2 | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890  | Sortmærket kobbervandnymfe | |||
| 3 | Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)  | Lestes macrostigma | |||
| 4 | Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)  | Sydlig kobbervandnymfe | |||
| 5 | Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)  | Lille kobbervandnymfe | |||
| 6 | Chalcolestes | Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Grøn kobbervandnymfe | ||
| 7 | Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)  | Chalcolestes parvidens | |||
| 8 | Sympecma | Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)  | Vintervandnymfe | ||
| 9 | Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)  | Siberisk vintervandnymfe | |||
| 10 | Calopterygidae | Calopteryx | Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)  | Blåbåndet pragtvandnymfe | |
| 11 | Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825)  | Calopteryx xanthostoma | |||
| 12 | Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Blåvinget pragtvandnymfe | |||
| 13 | Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis | |||
| 14 | Euphaeidae | Epallage | Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)  | Epallage fatime | |
| 15 | Platycnemididae | Platycnemis | Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)  | Fjerbenet vandnymfe | |
| 16 | Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841  | Platycnemis acutipennis | |||
| 17 | Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842  | Platycnemis latipes | |||
| 18 | Coenagrionidae | Ischnura | Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)  | Stor farvevandnymfe | |
| 19 | Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842)  | Ischnura genei | |||
| 20 | Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842)  | Ischnura graellsii | |||
| 21 | Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958  | Ischnura saharensis | |||
| 22 | Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905  | Ischnura fountaineae | |||
| 23 | Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)  | Ischnura senegalensis | |||
| 24 | Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)  | Lille farvevandnymfe | |||
| 25 | Ischnura intermedia Dumont, 1974  | Ischnura intermedia | |||
| 26 | Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839)  | Ischnura hastata | |||
| 27 | Enallagma | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)  | Almindelig vandnymfe | ||
| 28 | Coenagrion | Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Flagermus-vandnymfe | ||
| 29 | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Hestesko-vandnymfe | |||
| 30 | Coenagrion intermedium Lohmann, 1990  | Coenagrion intermedium | |||
| 31 | Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)  | Coenagrion mercuriale | |||
| 32 | Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)  | Coenagrion ornatum | |||
| 33 | Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)  | Coenagrion scitulum | |||
| 34 | Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838)  | Coenagrion caerulescens | |||
| 35 | Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)  | Spyd-vandnymfe | |||
| 36 | Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)  | Måne-vandnymfe | |||
| 37 | Coenagrion hylas (Trybom, 1889)  | Coenagrion hylas | |||
| 38 | Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894)  | Nordisk vandnymfe | |||
| 39 | Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)  | Hue-vandnymfe | |||
| 40 | Erythromma | Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)  | Rødøjet vandnymfe | ||
| 41 | Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)  | Lille rødøjet vandnymfe | |||
| 42 | Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)  | Blåøjet vandnymfe | |||
| 43 | Pyrrhosoma | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)  | Rød vandnymfe | ||
| 44 | Pyrrhosoma elisabethae Schmidt, 1948  | Pyrrhosoma elisabethae | |||
| 45 | Ceriagrion | Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)  | Ceriagrion tenellum | ||
| 46 | Ceriagrion georgifreyi Schmidt, 1953  | Ceriagrion georgifreyi | |||
| 47 | Nehalennia | Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)  | Dværg-vandnymfe | ||
| 48 | Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805  | Efterårs-mosaikguldsmed |
| 49 | Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820  | Sydlig mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 50 | Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)  | Kileplet-mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 51 | Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Brun mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 52 | Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)  | Azurblå mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 53 | Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)  | Blå mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 54 | Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836  | Grøn mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 55 | Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Siv-mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 56 | Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908  | Højmose-mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 57 | Aeshna serrata Hagen, 1856  | Baltisk mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 58 | Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856  | Sibirisk mosaikguldsmed | |||
| 59 | Anax | Anax imperator Leach, 1815  | Stor kejserguldsmed | ||
| 60 | Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)  | Lille kejserguldsmed | |||
| 61 | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)  | Brun kejserguldsmed | |||
| 62 | Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842  | Anax immaculifrons | |||
| 63 | Brachytron | Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)  | Håret mosaikguldsmed | ||
| 64 | Boyeria | Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838)  | Boyeria irene | ||
| 65 | Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991  | Boyeria cretensis | |||
| 66 | Caliaeschna | Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)  | Caliaeschna microstigma | ||
| 67 | Gomphidae | Gomphus | Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Almindelig flodguldsmed | |
| 68 | Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850  | Gomphus schneiderii | |||
| 69 | Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842  | Gomphus graslinii | |||
| 70 | Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840  | Gomphus simillimus | |||
| 71 | Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840  | Vestlig flodguldsmed | |||
| 72 | Stylurus | Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)  | Gulbenet flodguldsmed | ||
| 73 | Ophiogomphus | Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)  | Grøn kølleguldsmed | ||
| 74 | Onychogomphus | Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840)  | Onychogomphus uncatus | ||
| 75 | Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Lille tangguldsmed | |||
| 76 | Onychogomphus cazuma (Barona, Cardo & Díaz, 2020)  | Onychogomphus cazuma | |||
| 77 | Onychogomphus costae Selys, 1885  | Onychogomphus costae | |||
| 78 | Paragomphus | Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841)  | Paragomphus genei | ||
| 79 | Lindenia | Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Lindenia tetraphylla | ||
| 80 | Cordulegastridae | Cordulegaster | Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)  | Konge-guldsmed | |
| 81 | Cordulegaster trinacriae Waterston, 1976  | Cordulegaster trinacriae | |||
| 82 | Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979  | Cordulegaster heros | |||
| 83 | Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854  | Cordulegaster picta | |||
| 84 | Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843  | Cordulegaster bidentata | |||
| 85 | Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845  | Cordulegaster insignis | |||
| 86 | Cordulegaster helladica (Lohmann, 1993)  | Cordulegaster helladica | |||
| 87 | Incertae sedis | Oxygastra | Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)  | Oxygastra curtisii | |
| 88 | Macromiidae | Macromia | Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843)  | Macromia splendens | |
| 89 | Corduliidae | Cordulia | Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Grøn smaragdlibel | |
| 90 | Somatochlora | Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Glinsende smaragdlibel | ||
| 91 | Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935  | Somatochlora meridionalis | |||
| 92 | Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Plettet smaragdlibel | |||
| 93 | Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)  | Arktisk smaragdlibel | |||
| 94 | Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840)  | Alpin smaragdlibel | |||
| 95 | Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889  | Tundra-smaragdlibel | |||
| 96 | Somatochlora borisi Marinov, 2001  | Somatochlora borisi | |||
| 97 | Epitheca | Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)  | Toplettet falkelibel | ||
| 98 | Libellulidae | Libellula | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758  | Fireplettet libel | |
| 99 | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758  | Blå libel | |||
| 100 | Libellula fulva Müller, 1764  | Spidsplettet libel | |||
| 101 | Orthetrum | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Stor blåpil | ||
| 102 | Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)  | Orthetrum albistylum | |||
| 103 | Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)  | Lille blåpil | |||
| 104 | Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)  | Sydlig blåpil | |||
| 105 | Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841)  | Orthetrum nitidinerve | |||
| 106 | Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)  | Orthetrum chrysostigma | |||
| 107 | Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845)  | Orthetrum taeniolatum | |||
| 108 | Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)  | Orthetrum trinacria | |||
| 109 | Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773)  | Orthetrum sabina | |||
| 110 | Leucorrhinia | Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Lille kærguldsmed | ||
| 111 | Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Nordisk kærguldsmed | |||
| 112 | Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)  | Stor kærguldsmed | |||
| 113 | Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)  | Østlig kærguldsmed | |||
| 114 | Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)  | Åkande kærguldsmed | |||
| 115 | Sympetrum | Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)  | Sort hedelibel | ||
| 116 | Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)  | Båndet hedelibel | |||
| 117 | Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)  | Blodrød hedelibel | |||
| 118 | Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)  | Sympetrum depressiusculum | |||
| 119 | Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Gulvinget hedelibel | |||
| 120 | Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)  | Rødåret hedelibel | |||
| 121 | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)  | Stor hedelibel | |||
| 122 | Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  | Almindelig hedelibel | |||
| 123 | Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)  | Sydlig hedelibel | |||
| 124 | Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977  | Sympetrum sinaiticum | |||
| 125 | Crocothemis | Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)  | Flammelibel | ||
| 126 | Trithemis | Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)  | Trithemis annulata | ||
| 127 | Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839)  | Trithemis arteriosa | |||
| 128 | Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891  | Trithemis kirbyi | |||
| 129 | Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)  | Trithemis festiva | |||
| 130 | Brachythemis | Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890)  | Brachythemis impartita | ||
| 131 | Diplacodes | Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)  | Diplacodes lefebvrii | ||
| 132 | Selysiothemis | Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)  | Selysiothemis nigra | ||
| 133 | Pantala | Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)  | Pantala flavescens | ||
| 134 | Zygonyx | Zygonyx torridus (Kirby, 1889)  | Zygonyx torridus |