List of Odonata species of Estonia

This page contains a list of the dragonfly species recorded in Estonia. The total number of species recorded is 51 (made up of 17 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 34 true dragonflies) (suborder Anisoptera)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Calopterygidae (Demoiselles)

Beautiful Demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo

Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens

Family Lestidae (Emerald damselflies)

Lestes virens

Scarce Emerald Damselfly, Lestes dryas (=Lestes nympha)

Emerald Damselfly, Lestes sponsa

Family Coenagrionidae (Blue, blue-tailed & red damselflies)

White-legged Damselfly, Platycnemis pennipes

Pygmy Damselfly, Nehalennia speciosa

Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans

Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum

Arctic Bluet, Coenagrion johanssoni

Northern Damselfly, Coenagrion hastulatum

Norfolk Damselfly, Coenagrion armatum

Irish Damselfly, Coenagrion lunulatum

Variable Damselfly, Coenagrion pulchellum

Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella

Red-eyed Damselfly, Erythromma najas

Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Suborder Anisoptera (True dragonflies)

Family Gomphidae (Club-tailed Dragonflies)

Yellow-legged Dragonfly, Gomphus flavipes

Club-tailed Dragonfly, Gomphus vulgatissimis

Green Club-tailed Dragonfly, Ophiogomphus cecilia

Green-eyed Hook-tailed Dragonfly, Onychogomphus forcipatus

Family Aeshnidae (Hawkers and Emperors)

Hairy Dragonfly, Brachytron pratense

Azure Hawker, Aeshna caerulea (=Aeshna squamata)

Common Hawker, Aeshna juncea

Aeshna coluberculus

Southern Hawker, Aescna cyanea

Green Hawker, Aeshna viridis

Brown Hawker, Aeshna grandis

Subarctic Darner, Aeshna subarctica

Aeshna osiliensis

Family Cordulegastridae (Golden-ringed Dragonflies)

Golden-ringed Spiketail, Cordulegaster annulatus

Family Corduliidae (Emerald dragonflies)

Two-spotted Dragonfly, Epitheca bimaculata

Downy Emerald, Cordulia aenea

Brilliant Emerald, Somatochlora metallica

Yellow-spotted emerald, Somatochlora flavomaculata

Northern Emerald, Somatochlora arctica

Family Libellulidae (Chasers, Skimmers and Darters)

Keeled Skimmer, Orthetrum coerulescens

Black-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum cancellatum

Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa

Four-spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata

Scarce Chaser, Libellula fulva

Yellow-winged Darter, Sympetrum flaveolum

Black Darter, Sympetrum danae

Vagrant Darter, Sympetrum vulgatum

Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum

Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum

Leucorrhinia caudalis

Eastern White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia albifrons

Large White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia pectoralis

White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia dubia

Northern White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia rubicunda

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