Checklist Denmark; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 61 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Denmark. 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 Danish common names or the English 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 Denmark 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 hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
16	Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
17	Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)
18	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
19	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 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 viridis Eversmann, 1836
28	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
29	Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
30	Aeshna serrata Hagen, 1856
31	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
32	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
33	Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
34	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
35	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
36	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
37	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
38	Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)
39	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
40	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
41	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
42	Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
43	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
44	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
45	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
46	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
47	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
48	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
49	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
50	Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
51	Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
52	Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)
53	Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)
54	Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
55	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
56	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
57	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
58	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
59	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
60	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
61	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)