Dragonflies & damselflies: where they live
Maps and quick facts for 35 dragonflies & damselflies (emperor dragonfly, pantala flavescens, beautiful demoiselle, enallagma cyathigerum, southern hawker). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show dragonflies & damselflies on the world map
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperatorLeast concern
Pantala flavescensPantala flavescensLeast concern
Beautiful demoiselleCalopteryx virgoLeast concern
Enallagma cyathigerumEnallagma cyathigerumLeast concern
Southern hawkerAeshna cyaneaLeast concern
Libellula depressaLibellula depressaLeast concern
Blue-tailed damselflyIschnura elegansLeast concern
Banded demoiselleCalopteryx splendensLeast concern
Common darterSympetrum striolatumLeast concern
Four-spotted chaserLibellula quadrimaculataLeast concern
Large red damselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLeast concern
Black-tailed skimmerOrthetrum cancellatumLeast concern
Ruddy darterSympetrum sanguineumLeast concern
Azure damselflyCoenagrion puellaLeast concern
Brown hawkerAeshna grandisLeast concern
Migrant hawkerAeshna mixtaLeast concern
Chalcolestes viridisChalcolestes viridisLeast concern
Anax parthenopeAnax parthenopeLeast concern
Common hawkerAeshna junceaLeast concern
Sympetrum danaeSympetrum danaeLeast concern
Aeshna isocelesAeshna isocelesLeast concern
Lestes sponsaLestes sponsaLeast concern
White-legged damselflyPlatycnemis pennipesLeast concern
Gomphus vulgatissimusGomphus vulgatissimusLeast concernAll 35 dragonflies & damselflies
Coenagrionidae 10
- Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans
- Coenagrion mercuriale Coenagrion mercuriale
- Enallagma cyathigerum Enallagma cyathigerum
- Erythromma najas Erythromma najas
- Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
- Scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio
- Small red damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum
- Small red-eyed damselfly Erythromma viridulum
- Variable damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum
Libellulidae 10
- Black-tailed skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
- Common darter Sympetrum striolatum
- Four-spotted chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
- Keeled skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
- Libellula depressa Libellula depressa
- Pantala flavescens Pantala flavescens
- Ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum
- Scarce chaser Libellula fulva
- Sympetrum danae Sympetrum danae
- White-faced darter Leucorrhinia dubia
Aeshnidae 8
- Aeshna isoceles Aeshna isoceles
- Anax parthenope Anax parthenope
- Brown hawker Aeshna grandis
- Common hawker Aeshna juncea
- Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator
- Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense
- Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta
- Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea
Calopterygidae 2
- Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
- Beautiful demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Lestidae 2
- Chalcolestes viridis Chalcolestes viridis
- Lestes sponsa Lestes sponsa
Corduliidae 1
- Downy emerald Cordulia aenea
Gomphidae 1
- Gomphus vulgatissimus Gomphus vulgatissimus
Platycnemididae 1
- White-legged damselfly Platycnemis pennipes