The dragonflies of Romania

The dragonfly fauna of Romania is amongst the least known of Europe. Large areas are virtually unexplored and the distribution of many dragonfly species is unclear. This is not due to the lack of good habitats or interesting dragonflies. No, Romania has simply been neglected.

Romania’s dragonfly fauna is one of the richest in Europe with more than 70 species present. The country’s habitats are so varied from the high Carpathians, to deep gorges, limestone massifs to dry steps and the mighty Danube ending in the Black Sea but not before forming the Danube Delta.

We are sure you will enjoy exploring all this habitats with us in search of dragonflies, birds and butterflies.

Below you can find a few pictures of the dragonfly species encountered in Romania and also a list with possible species. You can download the list of Romanian dragonflies in PDF format so you can print it and use it for keeping record of observed dragonflies.

• The Dragonflies of Romania in images
• List with the Dragonflies of Romania

The Dragonflies of Romania

A list with the Dragonflies of Romania

Banded Damselfly	Dark Spreadwing	Variable Damselfly
Calopteryx splendens	Lestes macrostigma	Coenagrion pulchellum
Small Red-eyed damselfly	Southern Darter	Ruddy Darter
Erythromma viridulum	Sympetrum meridionale	Sympetrum sanguineum
Four-spotted Chaser	Broad Scarlet	Black-tailed skimmer
Libellula quadrimaculata	Crocothemis erythraea	Orthetrum cancellatum
Broad bodied chaser	Southern Skimmer	Lesser Emperor
Libellula depressa	Orthetrum brunneum	Anax parthenope

The Dragonflies of Romania - list of species

The complete list with the dragonflies of Romania

1	ZYGOPTERA
2
3	Calopterygidae
4
5	Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782)
6	Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)
7
8	Euphaeidae
9
10	Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
11
12	Lestidae
13
14	Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
15	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
16	Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)
17	Lestes parvidens Artobolevsky, 1929
18	Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)
19	Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
20	Lestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
21	Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)
22	Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1882)
23
24	Coenagrionidae Coenagrionidae
25
26	Ceriagrion tenellum (de Villers, 1789)
27	Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)
28	Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838)
29	Coenagrion hastulatum (Charpentier, 1825)
30	Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
31	Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)
32	Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850)
33	Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758)
34	Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)
35	Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)
36	Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
37	Erythromma lindenii (Selys, 1840)
38	Erythromma najas (Hansemann, 1823)
39	Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
40	Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)
41	Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
42	Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840)
43	Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
44
45	Platycnemididae Platycnemididae
46
47	Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
48
49	ANISOPTERA
50
51	Aeshnidae
52
53	Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
54	Aeshna caerulea (Stroem, 1783)
55	Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)
56	Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)
57	Aeshna isoceles (Müller, 1767)
58	Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)
59	Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
60	Aeshna subarctica Walker, 1908
61	Aeshna viridis Eversmann, 1836
62	Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
63	Anax imperator Leach, 1815
64	Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)
65	Brachytron pratense (Müller, 1764)
66	Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)
67
68	Gomphidae Gomphidae
69
70	Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
71	Gomphus pulchellus Selys, 1840
72	Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
73	Onychogomphus forcipatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
74	Onychogomphus uncatus (Charpentier, 1840)
75	Ophiogomphus cecilia (Fourcroy, 1785)
76
77	Cordulegastridae
78
79	Cordulegaster bidentata Selys, 1843
80	Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807)
81	Cordulegaster heros Theischinger, 1979
82	Cordulegaster picta Selys, 1854
83	Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845
84
85	Corduliidae
86
87	Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)
88	Epitheca bimaculata (Charpentier, 1825)
89	Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840)
90	Somatochlora arctica (Zetterstedt, 1840)
91	Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)
92	Somatochlora meridionalis Nielsen, 1935
93	Somatochlora metallica (Vander Linden, 1825)
94
95	Libellulidae
96
97	Crocothemis erythraea (Brullé, 1832)
98	Crocothemis servilia (Drury, 1773)
99	Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840)
100	Leucorrhinia dubia (Vander Linden, 1825)
101	Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
102	Libellula depressa Linnaeus, 1758
103	Libellula fulva Müller, 1764
104	Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
105	Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)
106	Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
107	Orthetrum cancellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
108	Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798)
109	Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
110	Sympetrum depressiusculum (Selys, 1841)
111	Sympetrum flaveolum (Linnaeus, 1758)
112	Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)
113	Sympetrum meridionale (Selys, 1841)
114	Sympetrum pedemontanum (Allioni, 1766)
115	Sympetrum sanguineum (Müller, 1764)
116	Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
117	Sympetrum vulgatum (Linnaeus, 1758)