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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Classis: Insecta • Subclassis: Pterygota • Ordo: Odonata Fabricius, 1793

Order : Odonata, suborder Anisoptera (Dragonflies)

Family : Aeshnidae (Hawker Dragonflies)

♂ Aeshna isoceles
(Green-eyed hawker)
♀ Anax imperator
(Emperor dragonfly)
♂ Brachytron pratense
(Hairy Dragonfly)
♂ Anax imperator (Emperor Dragonfly)
♂ Aeshna mixta
(Migrant Hawker)
♀ ♂ Aeshna mixta
(Migrant Hawker)
Migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta) male on Weigela Florida Brigela Moulin Rouge
♂ Aeshna cyanea
(Southern Hawker)
♂ Aeshna affinis
(Southern Migrant Hawker)
♀ Aeshna cyanea
(Southern Hawker)
head
♂ Aeshna cyanea
(Southern Hawker)
young
♀ Aeshna cyanea
(Southern Hawker)
♀ Aeshna cyanea
(Southern Hawker) and Exuviae
♂ Aeshna cyanea
(Southern Hawker)
♂ Aeshna mixta
(Migrant Hawker)
♂ Anax imperator
(Emperor Dragonfly)
♂ Anax imperator
(Emperor Dragonfly)
Anax imperator
(Emperor Dragonfly)
Exuviae
♂ Anax imperator
(Emperor Dragonfly)
2017.10.15.-26-Kirschgartshaeuser Schlaege Mannheim--Herbst-Mosaikjungfer-Maennchen
Südliche Mosaikjungfer - Aeshna affinis
Dragonfly Porto Covo August 2021-4
Hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense) male Burren
File:Libelule-Anax imperator-femelle-Hamois-Luc-Viatour

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See also: Aeshnidae (category)
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Family : Gomphidae (Clubtails)

Gomphus flavipes
(River Clubtail)
♂ Gomphus pulchellus
(Western Clubtail)
Gomphus pulchellus
(Western Clubtail)
♀ Gomphus vulgatissimus
(Common Clubtail)
♂ Onychogomphus forcipatus
(Small pincertail, Bulgaria)
Small pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus albotibialis) male Nazilli

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See also: Gomphidae (category)
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Family : Libellulidae (Chasers, Skimmers, Darters and others)

Pseudoleon superbus Coacalco 20251018p1
Blue dasher with water mites (71998)
2017.09.30.-10-Neckar Mannheim--Grosse Heidelibelle-Maennchen
Sympetrum sanguineum - Leucate 02
♂ Libellula fulva
(Scarce chaser)
♀ Scarlet dragonfly
(Scarlet dragonfly)
♂ Libellula fulva
(Scarce chaser)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
♀ Orthetrum coerulescens
(Keeled skimmer)
♀ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darters)
♂ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darters)
♀ Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
♂ Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
♂ Leucorrhinia pectoralis
(Large White-faced Darter)
♀ Sympetrum striolatum
(Common Darter)
♂ Crocothemis servilia subsp. mariannae
(Scarlet Skimmer)
♂ Sympetrum striolatum
(Common Darter)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♀ Sympetrum danae
(Black Darter)
♀ Brachythemis contaminata
(Ditch Jewel)
♀ Crocothemis erythraea
(Scarlet Dragonfly)
♀ Crocothemis erythraea
(Scarlet Dragonfly)
♀ Diplacodes trivialis (Chalky Percher)
Libellula croceipennis (Neon Skimmer)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♀ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ Libellula fulva
(Scarce Chaser)
Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
♂ Lyriothemis acigastra
♀ Lyriothemis acigastra
♀ Orthetrum cancellatum
(Black-tailed Skimmer)
♀ Orthetrum cancellatum
(Black-tailed Skimmer)
Orthetrum cancellatum
(Black-tailed Skimmer)
♀ Orthetrum cancellatum
(Black-tailed Skimmer)
♂ Orthetrum coerulescens
(Keeled Skimmer)
Orthetrum coerulescens
(Keeled Skimmer)
Pseudothemis zonata
♂ Crocothemis servilia
(Scarlet Skimmer)
♂ Sympetrum danae
(Black Darter)
♂ Sympetrum flaveolum
(Yellow-winged Darter)
♀ Sympetrum fonscolombii
(Red-veined Darter)
♀ Sympetrum fonscolombii
(Red-veined Darter)
♂ ♀ Sympetrum fonscolombii
(Red-veined Darter),
mating
♀ Sympetrum fonscolombii
(Red-veined Darter)
♀ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darter)
♂ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darter)
♂ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darter)
♀ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darter)
♂ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darter)
♂ ♀ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darters)
♀ ♂Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darters)
♂ ♀ Sympetrum sanguineum
(Ruddy Darters)
♂ Sympetrum striolatum
(Common Darter)
♀ Sympetrum vulgatum
(Vagrant Darter)
Sympetrum vulgatum
(Vagrant Darter)
Sympetrum vulgatum
(Vagrant Darter)
♀ Trithemis arteriosa
(Red-veined Dropwing)
Trithemis kirbyi
(Orange-winged Dropwing)
♂ Trithemis aurora
(Crimson Marsh Glider)
♀ Urothemis signata
(Greater Crimson Glider)
♂ Crocothemis erythraea
(Scarlet Dragonfly)
♀ Crocothemis erythraea
(Scarlet Darter)
♀ Crocothemis erythraea
(Scarlet Darter)
♀ Libellula quadrimaculata
(Four-spotted Chaser)
♂ Lyriothemis acigastra
(Little Bloodtail)
♂ Orthetrum luzonicum
(Marsh Skimmer)
♀ Orthetrum glaucum
(Blue Marsh Hawk)
♂ Acisoma panorpoides
(Asian Pintail)
♂ Orthetrum cancellatum
(Black-tailed Skimmer)
♂ Orthetrum luzonicum
(Tricolored Marsh Hawk, juvenile)
Pantala flavescens
(Globe Skimmer)
Pantala flavescens
(Globe Skimmer in flight, side view)
Sympetrum striolatum
(Common Darter Dragonflies, mating, blue abdomen and red pterostigma)
♀ Orthetrum cancellatum
(Black-Tailed Skimmer)
Sympetrum flaveolum
(Yellow-Winged Darter)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ Libellula depressa
(Broad-bodied Chaser)
♂ ♀ Pantala flavescens
(Globe Skimmer)
mating in air
♂ Perithemis tenera
(Eastern Amberwing)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
♂ Sympetrum flaveolum
(Broad Scarlet)
Nepal
♀ Trithemis annulata
(Violet Dropwing)
Cyprus
♀ Sympetrum striolatum
(Common Darter)
Sympetrum flaveolum male - Kulna
Red grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) male Phuket 2
Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Sympetrum flaveolum
Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Sympetrum flaveolum
Neubrunn Steinbruch Blutrote Heidelibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) 8262082
Blaugrüne Mosaikjungfer im Flug-20230813-RM-144903
Blutrote Heidelibelle (Sympetrum sanguineum) -20230916-RM-123712
Großer Blaupfeil
Blue dasher (73146)
Darter August 2024-2
Eastern amberwing (73102)
Eastern amberwing female (61011)

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See also: Libellulidae (category)
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Order : Odonata, suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family : Calopterygidae (Demoiselles)

♂ Calopteryx splendens
(Banded Demoiselle)
♂ Calopteryx splendens
(Banded Demoiselle)
Gebänderte Prachtlibellen Männchen Duo am NSG Gülper See
Gebänderte Prachtlibelle auf Pusteblume am NSG Gülper See
♂ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful demoiselle)
♂ ♀ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful Demoiselles)
♂ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful Demoiselle)
♀ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful Demoiselle)
♀ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful Demoiselle)
♂ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful Demoiselle)
♂ Calopteryx virgo
(Beautiful Demoiselle)
♂ Calopteryx splendens
(Banded Demoiselle)
Gebänderte Prachtlibelle 2023-2

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See also: Calopterygidae (category)
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Family : Corduliidae

♀ Somatochlora metallica
(Brilliant emerald)
teneral female
♂ Somatochlora flavomaculata
(Yellow-spotted Emerald)

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See also: Corduliidae (category)
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Family : Chlorocyphidae

♂ Libellago lineata (River Heliodor)
♂ Rhinocypha bisignata (Stream Ruby)
Dancing Jewel (Platycypha caligata) teneral male

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Family : Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)

Agriocnemis falcifera 2017 10 22 1465
♀ ♂ Erythromma lindenii
(Goblet-marked damselfly)
♀ ♂ Erythromma lindenii
(Goblet-marked damselfly)
♂ Ischnura elegans
(Blue-tailed damselfly)
♂ Erythromma najas
(Red-wyed Damselfly)
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
♂ Azuragrion nigridorsum
(Black-tailed Bluet)
Aciagrion occidentale (Green Striped Slender Dartlet)
♂ Pyrrhosoma nymphula
(Large Red Damselfly)
♂ ♀ Ischnura elegans
(Blue-tailed damselfies)
mating, female typica)
♀ Ischnura elegans teneral form violacea
(Blue-Tailed Damselfly)
♀ Agriocnemis pygmaea
(Pygmy Wisp)
♂ Agriocnemis pygmaea
(Pygmy Wisp)
♂ ♀ Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Orange-tailed Marsh Dart)
♂ Ceriagrion coromandelianum
(Coromandel Marsh Dart)
♀ Ceriagrion coromandelianum
(Coromandel Marsh Dart)
♀ Ceriagrion glabrum
(Common Orange)
immature
♀ Coenagrion hastulatum
(Northern Damselfly)
♀ Coenagrion puella
(Azure Damselfly),
immature
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly),
mating
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
♀ Enallagma cyathigerum
(Common Blue Damselfly)
♀ Ischnura elegans
from violacea
(Blue-tailed Damselfly)
♀ Ischnura elegans
form rufescens
(Blue-tailed Damselfly)
Ischnura elegans
(Blue-tailed Damselfly)
Ischnura elegans
(Blue-tailed Damselfly)
Ischnura elegans
(Blue-tailed Damselfly)
Ischnura elegans
from violacea
(Blue-tailed Damselfly)
♂ Ischnura senegalensis
(Common Bluetail)
♂ Ischnura senegalensis
(Common Bluetail)
♀ Ischnura senegalensis
(Common Bluetail)
♀ ♂ Pyrrhosoma nymphula
(Large Red Damselflies),
mating
♀ Pyrrhosoma nymphula
(Large Red Damselfly)
♂ Pyrrhosoma nymphula
(Large Red Damselfly)
Ischnura elegans (Blue-Tailed Damselfies) mating
Onychargia atrocyana (Marsh Dancer)
Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Orange-tailed Marsh Dart)
♂ Agriocnemis pieris (White Dartlet)
Pyrrhosoma nymphula(Large Red Damselfly)
♀ ♂ Ceriagrion tenellum female form typica
(Small Red Damselflies)
mating
♀ Ceriagrion tenellum female form melanogastrum
(Small Red Damselfly)
♂ Enallagma cyathigerum (Common Blue Damselfly), immature
Argia fumipennis subsp. violacea (Variable Dancer)
Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) female fulvipes 2
Familiar bluet with prey (61233)
Mesamphiagrion laterale males and juvenile male Cuninamarca
Hufeisen-Azurjungfern (Coenagrion puella)
Familiar bluet (21468)

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See also: Coenagrionidae (category)
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Family : Lestidae (Spread-winged damselflies)

2017.08.06.-04-Kirschgartshaeuser Schlaege Mannheim--Weidenjungfer-Maennchen
♀ Sympecma paedisca
(Siberian winter damselfly)
♂ Chalcolestes viridis
(Willow Emerald Damselfly)
♀ ♂ Chalcolestes viridis
(Willow Emerald Damselfly), at oviposition
Austrolestes cingulatus
(Metallic Ringtail)
Chalcolestes viridis
(Willow Emerald Damselfly)
♂ Chalcolestes viridis
(Willow Emerald Damselfly)
♂ Lestes sponsa
(Emerald Damselfly)
♂ Lestes sponsa
(Emerald Damselfly)
Migrant spreadwing (Lestes barbarus) female Belgium
Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Lestes dryas
Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Lestes dryas

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Family : Platycnemididae (White-legged Damselflies)

♀ ♂ Platycnemis pennipes
(White-legged Damselfly)
♂ Platycnemis pennipes
(White-legged Damselfly)
Prodasineura verticalis Red-striped Black Bambootail), emergence

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