Checklist, scientific names

Below is a checklist of all the European dragonfly and damselfly species, with their scientific names. It's largely based on Dijkstra, Schröter and Lewington's excellent Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Europe, 2nd edition (2020). For a list of the species which we have excluded from our European checklist, please click here.

We now have photographs available of all of the 134 species listed below.

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#	Suborder	Family	Genus	Species
1	Zygoptera	Lestidae	Lestes	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	Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
7				Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929)
8			Sympecma	Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)
9				Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)
10		Calopterygidae	Calopteryx	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
11				Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825)
12				Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
13				Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander Linden, 1825)
14		Euphaeidae	Epallage	Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
15		Platycnemididae	Platycnemis	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
16				Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841
17				Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842
18		Coenagrionidae	Ischnura	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
19				Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842)
20				Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842)
21				Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958
22				Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905
23				Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)
24				Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
25				Ischnura intermedia Dumont, 1974
26				Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839)
27			Enallagma	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
28			Coenagrion	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
29				Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
30				Coenagrion intermedium Lohmann, 1990
31				Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)
32				Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)
33				Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)
34				Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838)
35				Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
36				Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
37				Coenagrion hylas (Trybom, 1889)
38				Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894)
39				Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)
40			Erythromma	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
41				Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
42				Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)
43			Pyrrhosoma	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
44				Pyrrhosoma elisabethae Schmidt, 1948
45			Ceriagrion	Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)
46				Ceriagrion georgifreyi Schmidt, 1953
47			Nehalennia	Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)
48	Anisoptera	Aeshnidae	Aeshna	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
49				Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
50				Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
51				Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)
52				Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783)
53				Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
54				Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
55				Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
56				Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
57				Aeshna serrata Hagen, 1856
58				Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856
59			Anax	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
60				Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
61				Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
62				Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
63			Brachytron	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
64			Boyeria	Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838)
65				Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991
66			Caliaeschna	Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)
67		Gomphidae	Gomphus	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
68				Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850
69				Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842
70				Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840
71				Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840
72			Stylurus	Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
73			Ophiogomphus	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
74			Onychogomphus	Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840)
75				Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
76				Onychogomphus cazuma Barona, Cardo & Díaz, 2020
77				Onychogomphus costae Selys, 1885
78			Paragomphus	Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841)
79			Lindenia	Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825)
80		Cordulegastridae	Cordulegaster	Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)
81				Cordulegaster trinacriae Waterston, 1976
82				Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979
83				Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854
84				Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843
85				Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845
86				Cordulegaster helladica (Lohmann, 1993)
87		Incertae sedis	Oxygastra	Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834)
88		Macromiidae	Macromia	Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843)
89		Corduliidae	Cordulia	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
90			Somatochlora	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
91				Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935
92				Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
93				Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
94				Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840)
95				Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889
96				Somatochlora borisi Marinov, 2001
97			Epitheca	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
98		Libellulidae	Libellula	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
99				Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
100				Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
101			Orthetrum	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
102				Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)
103				Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
104				Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
105				Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841)
106				Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839)
107				Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845)
108				Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841)
109				Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773)
110			Leucorrhinia	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
111				Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758)
112				Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
113				Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)
114				Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)
115			Sympetrum	Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
116				Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766)
117				Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
118				Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
119				Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
120				Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
121				Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
122				Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
123				Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
124				Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977
125			Crocothemis	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
126			Trithemis	Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
127				Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839)
128				Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891
129				Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842)
130			Brachythemis	Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890)
131			Diplacodes	Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842)
132			Selysiothemis	Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825)
133			Pantala	Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)