Anthropoda/Insecta/Odonata

Damselflies

Zygoptera

 Demoiselles

Family Calopteryigidae

Beautiful Demoiselle

Calopteryx virgo

Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

Emerald damselflies

Family Lestidae

Emerald Damselfly

Lestes sponsa

Sscarce Emerald Damselfly 

Lestes dryas

Southern Emerald Damselfly

Lestes barbarus

Willow Emerald Damselfly

Chalcolestes viridis

White legged damselflies

Family Platycnemididae

White legged Damselfly

Platycnemis pennipes

 Red and Blue/black damselflies

Family Coenagrionidae

Large Red Damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Red- eyed Damselfly

Erythromma najas

Small Red- eyed Damselfly

Erythromma viridulum

Southern Damselfly

Coenagrion mercuriale

Dainty Damselfly (extinct in UK)

Coenagrion scitulum

Northern Damselfly

Coenagrion hastulatum

Irish Damselfly

Coenagrion lunulatum

Norfolk Damselfly (extinct in UK)

Coenagrion armatum

Azure Damselfly

Coenagrion puella

Variable Damselfly

Coenagrion pulchellum

Common Blue Damselfly

Enallagma cyathigerum

Scarce Blue- tailed Damselfly 

Ischnura pumilio

Blue- tailed Damselfly

Ischnura elegans

Small Red Damselfly

Ceriagrion tenellum

Dragonflies

Anisoptera

Hawker Dragonflies

Family Aeshnidae

Azure Hawker

Aeshna caerulea

Common Hawker

Aeshna juncea

Migrant Hawker

Aeshna mixta

Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanaea

Brown Hawker

Aeshna gradis

Southern Migrant Hawker (migrant/vagrant)

Aeshna affinis

Norfolk Hawker 

Aeshna isosceles

Emperor Dragonfly

Anax imperator

Lesser Emperor (migrant/vagrant)

Anax parthenope

Green Darner (migrant/vagrant)

Anax junius

Vagrant Emperor (migrant/vagrant)

Hemianax ephippiger

Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense

 Club

Family Gomphidae

Club

Gomphus vulgatissimus

 Golden

Family Cordulegastridae

Golden

Cordulegaster boltonii

 Emerald Dragonflies

Family Corduliidae

Downy Emerald 

Cordulia aenea

Brilliant Emerald 

Somatochlora metallica

Northern Emerald

Somatochlora arctica

Orange

Oxygastra curtisii

 Chasers, Skimmers and Darters

Family Libellulidae

Four

Libellula quadrimaculata

Scarce Chaser 

Libellula fulva

Broad

Libellula depressa

Black

Orthetrum cancellatum

Keeled Skimmer

Orthetrum coerulescens

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Highland Darter

Sympetrum nigrescens

Red

Sympetrum fonscolombii

Yellow

Sympetrum flaveolum

Ruddy Darter

Sympetrum sanguineum

Black Darter

Sympetrum danae

Vagrant Darter (migrant/vagrant)

Sympetrum vulgatum

Banded Darter (migrant/vagrant)

Sympetrum pedemontanum

Scarlet Dragonfly (migrant/vagrant)

Crocothemis erythraea

Globe Skimmer (migrant/vagrant)

Pantala flavescens

White

Leucorrhinia dubia

   

Field Guide to the dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Steve Brooks and Richard Lewington

for full species accounts and other information check the British Dragonflies website