List of Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain

I noticed that I couldn't find a compact easy-to-read list  list of all 57 of the Dragonflies and Damselflies species found in UK . Therefore I have compiled one myself . Most species has a link to wikipedia so you can gain further knowledge easily .

Dragonflies: 35 species

 Left : Vagrant Emperor Dragonfly  

- Libellula quadrimaculata - Four-spotted. Chaser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-spotted_chaser

- Libellula depressa - Broad bodied chaser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libellula_depressa

- Libellula fulva - Scarce Chaser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarce_chaser

- Orthetrum cancellatum - Black-tailed Skimmer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_skimmer

-  Orthetrum coerulescens - Keeled Skimmer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeled_skimmer

- Sympetrum striolatum - Common Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_darter

- Sympetrum sanguineum - Ruddy Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_darter

- Sympetrum fonscolombii - Red-veined Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-veined_darter

- Crocothemis erythraea - Scarlet Dragonfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_dragonfly

- Sympetrum vulgatum - Vagrant Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrant_darter

- Sympetrum danae - Black Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympetrum_danae

- Lencorrhinia dubia - White-faced Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-faced_darter

- Sympetrum flaveolum - Yellow-winged Darter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-winged_darter

- Aeshna mixta - Migrant Hawker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_hawker

- Aeshna caerulea - Azure Hawker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_hawker

- Brachytron pratense - Hairy Dragonfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_dragonfly

- Aeshna cyanea - Southern Hawker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hawker

- Anax imperator - Emperor Dragonfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(dragonfly)

- Aeshna juncea - Common Hawker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_hawker

- Aeshna grandis - Brown Hawker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_hawker

- Aeshna isosceles - Norflok Hawker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeshna_isoceles

- Anax parthenope - Lesser Emperor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax_parthenope

- Cordulia aenea - Downy Emerald - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downy_emerald

- Cordulegaster boltonii - Golden-ringed Dragonfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-ringed_dragonfly

- Hemianax ephippiger - Vagrant Emperor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax_ephippiger

- Gomphus vulgatissimus - Club-tailed Dragonfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphus_vulgatissimus

- Somatochlora metallica - Brilliant Emerald - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_emerald

- Somatochlora  arctica - Northern Emerald - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_emerald


Also migrants or extinct :

- Aeshna affinis - Southern Migrant Hawker -

- Anax junius - Green Darner - migrant

- Stylurus flavipes - Yellow-legged Clubtail -  Migrant -

- Oxygastra curtisii - Orange-spotted Emerald - Extinct in UK -
- Leucorrhinia pectoralis - Large Whte-faced Darter - Migrant -

- Pantala flavescens - Wandering Glider -  Migrant -

- Sympetrum pedemontanum - Banded Darter - Migrant -

Damselflies: 22 Species

- Lestes sponsa - Emerald Damselfly -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestes_sponsa

- Lestes dryas - Scarce Emerald Damselfly -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lestes_dryas

- Platycnemis pennipes - White-legged Damselfly - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-legged_damselfly

-  Ceriagrion tenellum - Small Red Damselfly - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_red_damselfly

- Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damselfly - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_red_damselfly

- Calopteryx virgo - Beautiful Demoiselle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_demoiselle

- Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_demoiselle

- Coenagrion mercuriale - Southern Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenagrion_mercuriale

- Coenagrion hastalatum - Northern Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenagrion_hastulatum

- Coenagrion lunulatum - Irish Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_damselfly

- Coenagrion puella - Azure Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_damselfly

- Coenagrion pulchellum - Variable Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_damselfly

- Erythromma najas - Red-Eyed Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythromma_najas

- Erythromma viridulum - Small-Red-Eyed Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_red-eyed_damselfly

- Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enallagma_cyathigerum


- Ischnura pumilio - Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarce_blue-tailed_damselfly

- Ischnura elegans - Blue-tailed Damselfly - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-tailed_damselfly

- Chalcolestes viridis - Willow Emerald Damselfly -

- Lestes barbarus - Southern Emerald Damselfly -

- Sympecma fusca - Winter Damselfly

- Coenagrion armatum - Norfolk Damselfly - ( extinct in uk ) -

- Coenagrion scitulum - Dainty Damselfly -