List of Odonata species recorded in 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":Dwarf damselfly, "Nehalennia speciosa":Blue-tailed Damselfly, "Ischnura elegans":Common Blue Damselfly, "Enallagma cyathigerum":"Coenagrion concinnum":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"