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Checklist Latvia; English common names

Below is a checklist of the 60 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Latvia. 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 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 Latvia 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
1Arctic Bluet (Coenagrion johanssoni) Preview
2Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella) Preview
3Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea) Preview
4Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) Preview
5Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Preview
6Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) Preview
7Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) Preview
8Black-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) Preview
9Blue Chaser (Libellula fulva) Preview
10Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) Preview
11Blue Featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) Preview
12Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) Preview
13Bog Hawker (Aeshna subarctica) Preview
14Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica) Preview
15Broad-Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa) Preview
16Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) Preview
17Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) Preview
18Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans) Preview
19Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) Preview
20Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Preview
21Common Goldenring (Cordulegaster boltonii) Preview
22Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa) Preview
23Crescent Bluet (Coenagrion lunulatum) Preview
24Dark Bluet (Coenagrion armatum) Preview
25Dark Whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons) Preview
26Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) Preview
27Eurasian Baskettail (Epitheca bimaculata) Preview
28Four-Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) Preview
29Green Hawker (Aeshna viridis) Preview
30Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia) Preview
31Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) Preview
32Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) Preview
33Large Red Damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Preview
34Large Redeye (Erythromma najas) Preview
35Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) Preview
36Lilypad Whiteface (Leucorrhinia caudalis) Preview
37Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) Preview
38Moorland Hawker (Aeshna juncea) Preview
39Moustached Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) Preview
40Northern Emerald (Somatochlora arctica) Preview
41Red-Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) Preview
42River Clubtail (Stylurus flavipes) Preview
43Robust Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) Preview
44Ruby Whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) Preview
45Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) Preview
46Sedgling (Nehalennia speciosa) Preview
47Siberian Hawker (Aeshna crenata) Preview
48Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca) Preview
49Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) Preview
50Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) Preview
51Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum) Preview
52Small Spreadwing (Lestes virens) Preview
53Small Whiteface (Leucorrhinia dubia) Preview
54Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) Preview
55Spearhead Bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum) Preview
56Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) Preview
57Variable Bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) Preview
58Yellow-Spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata) Preview
59Yellow-Spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) Preview
60Yellow-Winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum) Preview