Checklist Greece; scientific names

Below is a checklist of the 78 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Greece. 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 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 Greece 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 macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)
4	Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
5	Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
6	Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
7	Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)
8	Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)
9	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
10	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
11	Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
12	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
13	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
14	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
15	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
16	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
17	Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
18	Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)
19	Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)
20	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
21	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
22	Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)
23	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
24	Pyrrhosoma elisabethae Schmidt, 1948
25	Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)
26	Ceriagrion georgifreyi Schmidt, 1953
27	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
28	Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
29	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
30	Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
31	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
32	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
33	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
34	Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
35	Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
36	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
37	Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)
38	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
39	Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850
40	Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
41	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
42	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
43	Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825)
44	Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979
45	Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854
46	Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843
47	Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845
48	Cordulegaster helladica (Lohmann, 1993)
49	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
50	Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935
51	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
52	Somatochlora borisi Marinov, 2001
53	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
54	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
55	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
56	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
57	Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)
58	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
59	Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
60	Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)
61	Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845)
62	Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)
63	Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773)
64	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
65	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
66	Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
67	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
68	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
69	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
70	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
71	Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
72	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
73	Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
74	Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839)
75	Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)
76	Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)
77	Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)
78	Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)