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Scarlet Darter
Crocothemis erythraea
© Teresa Farino
Scientific names of damselflies and dragonflies referred to in Travellers' Nature Guides: Spain
The scientific and common names of dragonflies and damselflies mentioned
in Traveller's Nature Guides: Spain follow d'Aguilar, J, Dommanget,
J-L & Préchac, R (1986) A Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain,
Europe and North Africa. Collins.
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| Common name |
Scientific name |
| azure damselfly |
Coenagrion puella |
| beautiful demoiselle |
Calopteryx virgo meridionalis |
| black-tailed skimmer |
Orthetrum cancellatum |
| blue-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly |
Onychogomphus uncatus |
| blue-tailed damselfly |
Ischnura elegans |
| broad-bodied chaser |
Libellula depressa |
| common blue damselfly |
Enallagma cyathigerum |
| common darter |
Sympetrum striolatum |
| common hawker |
Aeshna juncea |
| common winter damselfly |
Sympecma fusca |
| crepuscular hawker |
Boyeria irene |
| dainty damselfly |
Coenagrion scitulum |
| dark emerald damselfly |
Lestes macrostigma |
| emerald damselfly |
Lestes sponsa |
| emperor dragonfly |
Anax imperator |
| four-spotted chaser |
Libellula quadrimaculata |
| goblet-marked damselfly |
Coenagrion (Cercion) lindenii |
| golden-ringed dragonfly |
Cordulegaster boltonii |
| green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly |
Onychogomphus forcipatus |
| keeled skimmer |
Orthetrum coerulescens |
| large red damselfly |
Pyrrhosoma nymphula |
| lesser emperor dragonfly |
Anax parthenope |
| Mediterranean demoiselle |
Calopteryx haemarrhoidalis |
| Mediterranean hawker |
Aeshna affinis |
| migrant hawker |
Aeshna mixta |
| Norfolk hawker |
Anaciaeschna isosceles |
| orange-spotted emerald |
Oxygastra curtisii |
| red-veined darter |
Sympetrum fonscolombii |
| ruddy darter |
Sympetrum sanguineum |
| scarce emerald damselfly |
Lestes dryas |
| scarlet darter |
Crocothemis erythraea |
| small emerald damselfly |
Lestes virens |
| small red damselfly |
Ceriagrion tenellum |
| small red-eyed damselfly |
Erythromma viridulum |
| southern damselfly |
Coenagrion mercuriale |
| southern darter |
Sympetrum meridionale |
| southern emerald damselfly |
Lestes barbarus |
| southern hawker |
Aeshna cyanea |
| southern skimmer |
Orthetrum brunneum |
| splendid emerald |
Macromia splendens |
| two-toothed golden-ringed dragonfly |
Cordulegaster bidentatus |
| vagrant emperor dragonfly |
Hemianax ephippiger |
| western club-tailed dragonfly |
Gomphus pulchellus |
| white-legged damselfly |
Platycnemis pennipes |
| willow emerald damselfly |
Lestes viridis |
| yellow club-tailed dragonfly |
Gomphus simillimus |
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