List of Odonata species of Estonia
# List of Odonata species of Estonia

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
