• Source: List of Odonata species of Ireland

The following is a list of Odonata species recorded in Ireland. Common names are those given in the standard literature; where a different name has been given in The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies, this is given in brackets. Most of these species are resident, others are vagrants and some have not been recorded since the nineteenth century.




Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)






= Family Calopterygidae (demoiselles)

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Banded demoiselle (banded jewelwing) – Calopteryx splendens
Beautiful demoiselle – Calopteryx virgo




= Family Lestidae (emerald damselflies)

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Scarce emerald damselfly (turlough spreadwing) – Lestes dryas
Emerald damselfly (common spreadwing) – Lestes sponsa




= Family Coenagrionidae (blue, blue-tailed, and red damselflies)

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Irish damselfly (Irish bluet) – Coenagrion lunulatum. The common name comes from the fact that it is found in Ireland but not in Britain.
Azure damselfly (azure bluet) – Coenagrion puella
Variable damselfly (variable bluet) – Coenagrion pulchellum
Common blue damselfly (common bluet) – Enallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed damselfly (common bluetip) – Ischnura elegans
Scarce blue-tailed damselfly (small bluetip) – Ischnura pumilio
Large red damselfly (spring redtail) – Pyrrhosoma nymphula




Suborder Anisoptera (dragonflies)






= Family Gomphidae (club-tailed dragonflies)

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Common clubtail (club-tailed dragonfly) – Gomphus vulgatissimus. No modern records.




= Family Aeshnidae (hawkers and emperors)

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Southern hawker – Aeshna cyanea. Vagrant.
Brown hawker (amber-winged hawker) – Aeshna grandis
Common hawker (moorland hawker) – Aeshna juncea
Migrant hawker (autumn hawker) – Aeshna mixta. Recent colonist.
Emperor (blue emperor) – Anax imperator. Recent colonist.
Lesser emperor (yellow-ringed emperor) – Anax parthenope. Vagrant.
Hairy dragonfly (spring hawker) – Aeshna grandis
Vagrant emperor – Hemianax ephippiger. Vagrant.




= Family Corduliidae (emerald dragonflies)

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Downy emerald – Cordulia aenea
Northern emerald (moorland emerald) – Somatochlora arctica




= Family Libellulidae (chasers, skimmers, and darters)

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Broad-bodied chaser – Libellula depressa. No modern records.
Scarce chaser – Libellula fulva. No modern records.
Four-spotted chaser – Libellula quadrimaculata
Black-tailed skimmer – Orthetrum cancellatum
Keeled skimmer (heathland skimmer) – Orthetrum coerulescens
Black darter – Sympetrum danae
Yellow-winged darter – Sympetrum flaveolum. Vagrant.
Red-veined darter – Sympetrum fonscolombii. Status unknown.
Ruddy darter – Sympetrum sanguineum
Common darter – Sympetrum striolatum




Discounted records


The following species have been included in previous lists of Irish dragonflies, but are no longer regarded as having been reliably recorded:

Willow emerald damselfly
Small red damselfly
Red-eyed damselfly
Golden-ringed dragonfly




See also


List of Odonata species of Great Britain
Lt-Col. F. C. Fraser, 1956 Handbooks For The Identification of British Insects: Vol 1 Part 10. Odonata. Royal Entomological Society.online as pdf




References






External links


Dragonfly Ireland

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of Odonata species of Ireland
• List of Odonata species of Great Britain
• List of Odonata species of Senegal
• List of Odonata species of Sri Lanka
• List of Odonata of Estonia
• List of Odonata species of Slovenia
• Odonata
• Fauna of Ireland
• Emperor dragonfly
• Lestes