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Checklist France: Corsica; English common names

Below is a checklist of the 48 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area France: Corsica. 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 French common names or the scientific names.


The list below is sorted alphabetically on the English common names. Clicking on a species name in the list allows you to then cycle through the entire checklist for the area France: Corsica 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.

#English common name
1Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella) Preview
2Balkan Emerald (Somatochlora meridionalis) Preview
3Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Preview
4Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) Preview
5Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra) Preview
6Black-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) Preview
7Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla) Preview
8Blue Chaser (Libellula fulva) Preview
9Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) Preview
10Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) Preview
11Blue-Eye (Erythromma lindenii) Preview
12Blue-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) Preview
13Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) Preview
14Broad-Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa) Preview
15Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) Preview
16Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Preview
17Common Goldenring (Cordulegaster boltonii) Preview
18Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca) Preview
19Copper Demoiselle (Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis) Preview
20Dainty Bluet (Coenagrion scitulum) Preview
21Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma) Preview
22Eastern Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes parvidens) Preview
23Four-Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) Preview
24Green Hooktail (Paragomphus genei) Preview
25Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) Preview
26Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) Preview
27Island Bluetail (Ischnura genei) Preview
28Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) Preview
29Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) Preview
30Long Skimmer (Orthetrum trinacria) Preview
31Mediterranean Bluet (Coenagrion caerulescens) Preview
32Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) Preview
33Migrant Spreadwing (Lestes barbarus) Preview
34Northern Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita) Preview
35Red-Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) Preview
36Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) Preview
37Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) Preview
38Small Red Damsel (Ceriagrion tenellum) Preview
39Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum) Preview
40Small Spreadwing (Lestes virens) Preview
41Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) Preview
42Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) Preview
43Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) Preview
44Variable Bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) Preview
45Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) Preview
46Western Spectre (Boyeria irene) Preview
47Western Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes viridis) Preview
48Yellow-Spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata) Preview