This article contains a list of the dragonfly species recorded in Estonia. The total number of species recorded is 51 (made up of 17 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 34 true dragonflies) (suborder Anisoptera) Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies) Family Calopterygidae (demoiselles) Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens Beautiful demoiselle, Calopteryx virgo
Family Lestidae (emerald damselflies) Lestes virens Scarce Emerald Damselfly, Lestes dryas (=Lestes nympha) Emerald Damselfly, Lestes sponsa
Family Coenagrionidae (blue, blue-tailed, and red damselflies) White-legged Damselfly, Platycnemis pennipes Pygmy Damselfly, Nehalennia speciosa Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum Arctic Bluet, Coenagrion johanssoni Northern Damselfly, Coenagrion hastulatum Norfolk Damselfly, Coenagrion armatum Irish Damselfly, Coenagrion lunulatum Variable Damselfly, Coenagrion pulchellum Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella Red-eyed Damselfly, Erythromma najas Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Suborder Anisoptera (true dragonflies) Family Gomphidae (club-tailed dragonflies) Yellow-legged Dragonfly, Gomphus flavipes Club-tailed Dragonfly, Gomphus vulgatissimis Green club-tailed dragonfly, Ophiogomphus cecilia Green-eyed hook-tailed dragonfly, Onychogomphus forcipatus
Family Aeshnidae (hawkers and emperors) Hairy Dragonfly, Brachytron pratense Azure Hawker, Aeshna caerulea (=Aeshna squamata) Common Hawker, Aeshna juncea Migrant hawker, Aeshna coluberculus Southern Hawker, Aescna cyanea Green hawker, Aeshna viridis Brown hawker, Aeshna grandis Subarctic darner, Aeshna subarctica Aeshna osiliensis
Family Cordulegastridae (golden-ringed Dragonflies) Golden-ringed dragonfly, Cordulegaster annulatus
Family Corduliidae (emerald dragonflies) Two-spotted Dragonfly, Epitheca bimaculata Downy Emerald, Cordulia aenea Brilliant Emerald, Somatochlora metallica Yellow-spotted emerald, Somatochlora flavomaculata Northern Emerald, Somatochlora arctica
Family Libellulidae (chasers, skimmers, and darters) Keeled Skimmer, Orthetrum coerulescens Black-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum cancellatum Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa Four-spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata Scarce Chaser, Libellula fulva Yellow-winged Darter, Sympetrum flaveolum Black Darter, Sympetrum danae Vagrant Darter, Sympetrum vulgatum Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum Leucorrhinia caudalis Eastern White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia albifrons Large White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia pectoralis White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia dubia Northern White-faced Darter, Leucorrhinia rubicunda
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