title: List of Odonata species of Estonia
text: # 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
  