Checklist Finland; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 63 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Finland. 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 Finnish 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 Finland 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 virens (Charpentier, 1825)
4	Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)
5	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
6	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
7	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
8	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
9	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
10	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
11	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
12	Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
13	Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
14	Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
15	Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894)
16	Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)
17	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
18	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
19	Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)
20	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
21	Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
22	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
23	Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)
24	Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)
25	Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
26	Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
27	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
28	Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
29	Aeshna serrata Hagen, 1856
30	Aeshna crenata 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	Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
37	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
38	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
39	Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)
40	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
41	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
42	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
43	Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
44	Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840)
45	Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889
46	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
47	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
48	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
49	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
50	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
51	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
52	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
53	Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
54	Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
55	Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)
56	Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)
57	Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
58	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
59	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
60	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
61	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
62	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
63	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)