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Checklist Turkey in Europe; English common names

Below is a checklist of the 56 dragonfly and damselfly species for the area Turkey in Europe. It's based on Dijkstra, Schröter & Lewington's Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain and Europe (2020), on the Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies (Boudot & Kalkman (eds.), 2015), and - in a handful of cases - on new area records. Please click here if you would like to see the list below with the scientific names.


The list below is sorted alphabetically on the English common names. Clicking on a species name in the list allows you to then cycle through the entire checklist for the area Turkey in Europe by using the Previous (<==) and Next (==>) buttons at the bottom of each page. If you would prefer to see it sorted as per our overall checklist, please click here.


Note: if you believe a species is missing from the checklist below, please do email us at with the new information, together with the relevant source(s) and references. If we agree that the new information is indeed valid, we will update the checklist as soon as possible.


Please click on a species name below to see our 20 photographs of that species.

#English common name
1Azure Bluet (Coenagrion puella) Preview
2Balkan Emerald (Somatochlora meridionalis) Preview
3Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) Preview
4Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Preview
5Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) Preview
6Black Pennant (Selysiothemis nigra) Preview
7Black-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum) Preview
8Bladetail (Lindenia tetraphylla) Preview
9Blue Chaser (Libellula fulva) Preview
10Blue Emperor (Anax imperator) Preview
11Blue Featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) Preview
12Blue Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) Preview
13Blue-Eye (Erythromma lindenii) Preview
14Blue-Eyed Goldenring (Cordulegaster insignis) Preview
15Blue-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) Preview
16Broad Scarlet (Crocothemis erythraea) Preview
17Broad-Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa) Preview
18Bulgarian Emerald (Somatochlora borisi) Preview
19Common Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum) Preview
20Common Bluetail (Ischnura elegans) Preview
21Common Clubtail (Gomphus vulgatissimus) Preview
22Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) Preview
23Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca) Preview
24Dainty Bluet (Coenagrion scitulum) Preview
25Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma) Preview
26Eastern Spectre (Caliaeschna microstigma) Preview
27Eastern Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes parvidens) Preview
28Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia) Preview
29Green-Eyed Hawker (Aeshna isoceles) Preview
30Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense) Preview
31Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) Preview
32Large Red Damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Preview
33Lesser Emperor (Anax parthenope) Preview
34Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) Preview
35Migrant Spreadwing (Lestes barbarus) Preview
36Odalisque (Epallage fatime) Preview
37Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum) Preview
38Red-Veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) Preview
39River Clubtail (Stylurus flavipes) Preview
40Robust Spreadwing (Lestes dryas) Preview
41Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) Preview
42Small Bluetail (Ischnura pumilio) Preview
43Small Pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) Preview
44Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum) Preview
45Small Spreadwing (Lestes virens) Preview
46Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) Preview
47Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum) Preview
48Spotted Darter (Sympetrum depressiusculum) Preview
49Turkish Clubtail (Gomphus schneiderii) Preview
50Turkish Goldenring (Cordulegaster picta) Preview
51Vagrant Emperor (Anax ephippiger) Preview
52Variable Bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) Preview
53Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) Preview
54Western Willow Spreadwing (Chalcolestes viridis) Preview
55White-Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum albistylum) Preview
56Yellow-Spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata) Preview