Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum)
• English name: Small Redeye
• German name: Kleines Granatauge
• French name: Naïade au corps vert
• Dutch name: Kleine roodoogjuffer
• Swedish name: Mindre rödögonflickslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: Allikkotytönkorento
• Danish name: Lille rødøjet vandnymfe
• Italian name: Occhirossi minore
• Czech name: šidélko znamenané
• Slovenian name: Mali rdečeokec
• Bulgarian name: Малко стреличе
Small Redeye
(Erythromma viridulum)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a small species with red eyes which occurs in southern and central Europe and which has been expanding its range northwards | |
| Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Coenagrionidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840) | |
| Name genus | • Erythromma: from Grk. ἐρυθρός = red +; ὄμμα = eye | |
| Name species | • viridulum: from Lat. viridulus, -a, -um = somewhat green ⇒ presumably for the greenish reflections on the black parts of the abdomen | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • lakes and ponds with mats of floating vegetation | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 26-32 mm; hindwing: 16-20 mm | |
| Notes | • noticeably smaller than E. najas | |
| Male | Head | • the eyes are bright red |
| Thorax | • the antehumeral stripe is bronze-green | |
| Abdomen | • the top of the abdomen is all black except for S1, S9 and S10, which are sky blue | |
| ➤ the sky-blue tail-light on S9 and S10 is interrupted by a black x-shaped mark on S10 | ||
| ➤ the side of S2 and S8 are sky blue | ||
| Female | Head | • the eyes are brown/green |
| Thorax | ➤ the antehumeral stripe is usually complete | |
| Photographs | • most of our photos below were made in Tuscany |
