List of Odonata species of Estonia explained

This article 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)

• Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens
• Beautiful demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo

Family Lestidae (emerald damselflies)

• Lestes virens
• Scarce Emerald Damselfly, Lestes dryas (=Lestes nympha)
• Emerald Damselfly, Lestes sponsa

Family Coenagrionidae (blue, blue-tailed, and 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
• Migrant hawker, 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 dragonfly, 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