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Checklist for the Russian Federation: mainland; English common names

Below is a checklist of the 85 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Russian Federation: mainland. 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 Russian Federation: mainland 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
1Alpine Emerald (Somatochlora alpestris) Preview
2Arctic Bluet (Coenagrion johanssoni) Preview
3Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella) Preview
4Azure Hawker (Aeshna caerulea) Preview
5Baltic Hawker (Aeshna serrata) Preview
6Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) Preview
7Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Preview
8Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) Preview
9Black Darter (Sympetrum danae) Preview
10Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra) Preview
11Black-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) Preview
12Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla) Preview
13Blue Chaser (Libellula fulva) Preview
14Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) Preview
15Blue Featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) Preview
16Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) Preview
17Blue-Eye (Erythromma lindenii) Preview
18Blue-Eyed Goldenring (Cordulegaster insignis) Preview
19Blue-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) Preview
20Bog Hawker (Aeshna subarctica) Preview
21Brilliant Emerald (Somatochlora metallica) Preview
22Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) Preview
23Broad-Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa) Preview
24Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) Preview
25Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) Preview
26Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans) Preview
27Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) Preview
28Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Preview
29Common Goldenring (Cordulegaster boltonii) Preview
30Common Spreadwing (Lestes sponsa) Preview
31Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca) Preview
32Crescent Bluet (Coenagrion lunulatum) Preview
33Dainty Bluet (Coenagrion scitulum) Preview
34Dark Bluet (Coenagrion armatum) Preview
35Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma) Preview
36Dark Whiteface (Leucorrhinia albifrons) Preview
37Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) Preview
38Eastern Spectre (Caliaeschna microstigma) Preview
39Eastern Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes parvidens) Preview
40Eurasian Baskettail (Epitheca bimaculata) Preview
41Four-Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) Preview
42Green Hawker (Aeshna viridis) Preview
43Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia) Preview
44Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) Preview
45Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) Preview
46Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) Preview
47Large Red Damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Preview
48Large Redeye (Erythromma najas) Preview
49Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) Preview
50Lilypad Whiteface (Leucorrhinia caudalis) Preview
51Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) Preview
52Migrant Spreadwing (Lestes barbarus) Preview
53Moorland Hawker (Aeshna juncea) Preview
54Moustached Darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) Preview
55Northern Emerald (Somatochlora arctica) Preview
56Oasis Bluetail (Ischnura fountaineae) Preview
57Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum) Preview
58Red-Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) Preview
59River Clubtail (Stylurus flavipes) Preview
60Robust Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) Preview
61Ruby Whiteface (Leucorrhinia rubicunda) Preview
62Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) Preview
63Sedgling (Nehalennia speciosa) Preview
64Siberian Bluet (Coenagrion hylas) Preview
65Siberian Hawker (Aeshna crenata) Preview
66Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca) Preview
67Slender Skimmer (Orthetrum sabina) Preview
68Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) Preview
69Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) Preview
70Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum) Preview
71Small Spreadwing (Lestes virens) Preview
72Small Whiteface (Leucorrhinia dubia) Preview
73Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) Preview
74Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) Preview
75Spearhead Bluet (Coenagrion hastulatum) Preview
76Spotted Darter (Sympetrum depressiusculum) Preview
77Treeline Emerald (Somatochlora sahlbergi) Preview
78Turkish Goldenring (Cordulegaster picta) Preview
79Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) Preview
80Variable Bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) Preview
81Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) Preview
82White-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum) Preview
83Yellow-Spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata) Preview
84Yellow-Spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) Preview
85Yellow-Winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum) Preview