Checklist, Italian common names
Below is a checklist of all the European dragonfly and damselfly species, with their Italian common names, if available. 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.
If you would like to see the checklist with the common names in a different language, click on the corresponding flag below. And you can also see the checklist with only the scientific names.

# | Suborder | Family | Genus | Species | Italian common name |
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1 | Zygoptera | Lestidae | Lestes | Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823) ![]() ![]() | Verdina boreale |
2 | Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 ![]() ![]() | Verdina robusta | |||
3 | Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836) ![]() ![]() | Verdina delle saline | |||
4 | Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798) ![]() ![]() | Verdina barbara | |||
5 | Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Verdina minore | |||
6 | Chalcolestes | Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Verdina maggiore | ||
7 | Chalcolestes parvidens (Artobolevsky, 1929) ![]() ![]() | Verdina orientale | |||
8 | Sympecma | Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820) ![]() ![]() | Invernina comune | ||
9 | Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877) ![]() ![]() | Invernina delle brughiere | |||
10 | Calopterygidae | Calopteryx | Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780) ![]() ![]() | Splendente comune | |
11 | Calopteryx xanthostoma (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Splendente ligure | |||
12 | Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Splendente di fonte | |||
13 | Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Splendente culviola | |||
14 | Euphaeidae | Epallage | Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Epallage fatime | |
15 | Platycnemididae | Platycnemis | Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771) ![]() ![]() | Zampalarga comune | |
16 | Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841 ![]() ![]() | Platycnemis acutipennis | |||
17 | Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842 ![]() ![]() | Platycnemis latipes | |||
18 | Coenagrionidae | Ischnura | Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820) ![]() ![]() | Codazzurra comune | |
19 | Ischnura genei (Rambur, 1842) ![]() ![]() | Codazzurra insulare | |||
20 | Ischnura graellsii (Rambur, 1842) ![]() ![]() | Ischnura graellsii | |||
21 | Ischnura saharensis Aguesse, 1958 ![]() ![]() | Ischnura saharensis | |||
22 | Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905 ![]() ![]() | Codazzurra delle oasi | |||
23 | Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842) ![]() ![]() | Ischnura senegalensis | |||
24 | Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Codazzurra minore | |||
25 | Ischnura intermedia Dumont, 1974 ![]() ![]() | Ischnura intermedia | |||
26 | Ischnura hastata (Say, 1839) ![]() ![]() | Ischnura hastata | |||
27 | Enallagma | Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina portacalice | ||
28 | Coenagrion | Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina variabile | ||
29 | Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina comune | |||
30 | Coenagrion intermedium Lohmann, 1990 ![]() ![]() | Coenagrion intermedium | |||
31 | Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina di Mercurio | |||
32 | Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina balcanica | |||
33 | Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina delicata | |||
34 | Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina mediterranea | |||
35 | Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Azzurrina alpina | |||
36 | Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Coenagrion lunulatum | |||
37 | Coenagrion hylas (Trybom, 1889) ![]() ![]() | Coenagrion hylas | |||
38 | Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894) ![]() ![]() | Coenagrion johanssoni | |||
39 | Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Coenagrion armatum | |||
40 | Erythromma | Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823) ![]() ![]() | Occhirossi maggiore | ||
41 | Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Occhirossi minore | |||
42 | Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Occhirossi dubbia | |||
43 | Pyrrhosoma | Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776) ![]() ![]() | Scintilla zampenere | ||
44 | Pyrrhosoma elisabethae Schmidt, 1948 ![]() ![]() | Pyrrhosoma elisabethae | |||
45 | Ceriagrion | Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789) ![]() ![]() | Scintilla zamperosse | ||
46 | Ceriagrion georgifreyi Schmidt, 1953 ![]() ![]() | Ceriagrion georgifreyi | |||
47 | Nehalennia | Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Codazzurra pigmea | ||
48 | Anisoptera | Aeshnidae | Aeshna | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 ![]() ![]() | Dragone autunnale |
49 | Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820 ![]() ![]() | Dragone occhiblu | |||
50 | Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767) ![]() ![]() | Dragone occhiverdi | |||
51 | Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Dragone bruno | |||
52 | Aeshna caerulea (Ström, 1783) ![]() ![]() | Dragone azzurro | |||
53 | Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764) ![]() ![]() | Dragone verdeazzurro | |||
54 | Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836 ![]() ![]() | Aeshna viridis | |||
55 | Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Dragone alpino | |||
56 | Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908 ![]() ![]() | Dragone artico | |||
57 | Aeshna serrata Hagen, 1856 ![]() ![]() | Aeshna serrata | |||
58 | Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856 ![]() ![]() | Aeshna crenata | |||
59 | Anax | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 ![]() ![]() | Imperatore comune | ||
60 | Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839) ![]() ![]() | Imperatore minore | |||
61 | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) ![]() ![]() | Imperatore migrante | |||
62 | Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842 ![]() ![]() | Anax immaculifrons | |||
63 | Brachytron | Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764) ![]() ![]() | Dragone peloso | ||
64 | Boyeria | Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) ![]() ![]() | Dragone spettro | ||
65 | Boyeria cretensis Peters, 1991 ![]() ![]() | Boyeria cretensis | |||
66 | Caliaeschna | Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845) ![]() ![]() | Caliaeschna microstigma | ||
67 | Gomphidae | Gomphus | Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Gonfo comune | |
68 | Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850 ![]() ![]() | Gomphus schneiderii | |||
69 | Gomphus graslinii Rambur, 1842 ![]() ![]() | Gomphus graslinii | |||
70 | Gomphus simillimus Selys, 1840 ![]() ![]() | Gomphus simillimus | |||
71 | Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840 ![]() ![]() | Gonfo d'Oltralpe | |||
72 | Stylurus | Stylurus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Gonfo zampegialle | ||
73 | Ophiogomphus | Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785) ![]() ![]() | Gonfo serpentino | ||
74 | Onychogomphus | Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Gonfo pinzato | ||
75 | Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Gonfo forcipato | |||
76 | Onychogomphus cazuma (Barona, Cardo & Díaz, 2020) ![]() ![]() | Onychogomphus cazuma | |||
77 | Onychogomphus costae Selys, 1885 ![]() ![]() | Onychogomphus costae | |||
78 | Paragomphus | Paragomphus genei (Selys, 1841) ![]() ![]() | Gonfo uncinato | ||
79 | Lindenia | Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Lindenia | ||
80 | Cordulegastridae | Cordulegaster | Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) ![]() ![]() | Guardaruscello comune | |
81 | Cordulegaster trinacriae Waterston, 1976 ![]() ![]() | Guardaruscello meridionale | |||
82 | Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979 ![]() ![]() | Guardaruscello balcanico | |||
83 | Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854 ![]() ![]() | Cordulegaster picta | |||
84 | Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843 ![]() ![]() | Guardaruscello collinare | |||
85 | Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845 ![]() ![]() | Cordulegaster insignis | |||
86 | Cordulegaster helladica (Lohmann, 1993) ![]() ![]() | Cordulegaster helladica | |||
87 | Incertae sedis | Oxygastra | Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834) ![]() ![]() | Smeralda di fiume | |
88 | Macromiidae | Macromia | Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843) ![]() ![]() | Macromia splendens | |
89 | Corduliidae | Cordulia | Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Smeralda bronzea | |
90 | Somatochlora | Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Smeralda metallica | ||
91 | Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935 ![]() ![]() | Smeralda meridionale | |||
92 | Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Smeralda maculata | |||
93 | Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Smeralda artica | |||
94 | Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Smeralda alpina | |||
95 | Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889 ![]() ![]() | Somatochlora sahlbergi | |||
96 | Somatochlora borisi Marinov, 2001 ![]() ![]() | Somatochlora borisi | |||
97 | Epitheca | Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Bimacchiata | ||
98 | Libellulidae | Libellula | Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758 ![]() ![]() | Libellula quadrimacchiata | |
99 | Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758 ![]() ![]() | Libellula panciapiatta | |||
100 | Libellula fulva Müller, 1764 ![]() ![]() | Libellula frontenera | |||
101 | Orthetrum | Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Frecciazzurra puntanera | ||
102 | Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848) ![]() ![]() | Frecciazzurra puntabianca | |||
103 | Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798) ![]() ![]() | Frecciazzurra minore | |||
104 | Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837) ![]() ![]() | Frecciazzurra celeste | |||
105 | Orthetrum nitidinerve (Selys, 1841) ![]() ![]() | Frecciazzurra del deserto | |||
106 | Orthetrum chrysostigma (Burmeister, 1839) ![]() ![]() | Orthetrum chrysostigma | |||
107 | Orthetrum taeniolatum (Schneider, 1845) ![]() ![]() | Orthetrum taeniolatum | |||
108 | Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841) ![]() ![]() | Frecciazzurra meridionale | |||
109 | Orthetrum sabina (Drury, 1773) ![]() ![]() | Orthetrum sabina | |||
110 | Leucorrhinia | Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Frontebianca comune | ||
111 | Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Leucorrhinia rubicunda | |||
112 | Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Frontebianca maggiore | |||
113 | Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839) ![]() ![]() | Leucorrhinia albifrons | |||
114 | Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Leucorrhinia caudalis | |||
115 | Sympetrum | Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale nero | ||
116 | Sympetrum pedemontanum (Müller in Allioni, 1766) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale alifasciate | |||
117 | Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale sanguineo | |||
118 | Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale padano | |||
119 | Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale dorato | |||
120 | Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale venerosse | |||
121 | Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale striato | |||
122 | Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale boreale | |||
123 | Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841) ![]() ![]() | Cardinale meridionale | |||
124 | Sympetrum sinaiticum Dumont, 1977 ![]() ![]() | Cardinale del deserto | |||
125 | Crocothemis | Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832) ![]() ![]() | Frecciarossa | ||
126 | Trithemis | Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) ![]() ![]() | Obelisco violetto | ||
127 | Trithemis arteriosa (Burmeister, 1839) ![]() ![]() | Trithemis arteriosa | |||
128 | Trithemis kirbyi Selys, 1891 ![]() ![]() | Obelisco purpureo | |||
129 | Trithemis festiva (Rambur, 1842) ![]() ![]() | Trithemis festiva | |||
130 | Brachythemis | Brachythemis impartita (Karsch, 1890) ![]() ![]() | Frecciamora fasciata | ||
131 | Diplacodes | Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) ![]() ![]() | Freccia carbone | ||
132 | Selysiothemis | Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825) ![]() ![]() | Freccianera | ||
133 | Pantala | Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) ![]() ![]() | Frecciaerrante | ||
134 | Zygonyx | Zygonyx torridus (Kirby, 1889) ![]() ![]() | Freccia di cascata |