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The dragonflies of Romania

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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.

 
 
Banded Damselfly
Dark Spreadwing
Variable Damselfly
Small Red-eyed damselfly

Calopteryx splendens

Lestes macrostigma

Coenagrion pulchellum

Erythromma viridulum

Calopteryx splendens, Banded Damselfly Lestes macrostigma, Dark Spreadwing Coenagrion pulchellum, Variable Damselfly Erythromma viridulum, Small Red-eyed damselfly
       
Southern Darter
Ruddy Darter
Four-spotted Chaser
Broad Scarlet

Sympetrum meridionale

Sympetrum sanguineum

Libellula quadrimaculata

Crocothemis erythraea

Sympetrum meridionale, Southern Darter
Sympetrum sanguineum, Ruddy Darter
Libellula quadrimaculata,Four-spotted Chaser
Crocothemis erythraea, Broad Scarlet
       
Black-tailed skimmer
Broad bodied chaser
Southern Skimmer
Lesser Emperor

Orthetrum cancellatum

Libellula depressa

Orthetrum brunneum

Anax parthenope

Orthetrum cancellatum, Black-tailed skimmer
Libellula depressa, Broad bodied chaser
Orthetrum brunneum, Southern Skimmer
Anax parthenope, Lesser Emperor
       
     
The Butterflies or Romania - check lists
           
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ZYGOPTERA        
         
Calopterygidae        
         
5
Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782)        
6
Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus, 1758)        
         
Euphaeidae        
         
10
Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)        
           
Lestidae        
         
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)        
           
Coenagrionidae        
           
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)        
           
Platycnemididae        
           
47
Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)        
           
ANISOPTERA        
           
Aeshnidae        
           
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)        
           
Gomphidae        
           
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)        
           
Cordulegastridae        
           
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        
           
Corduliidae        
           
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)        
           
Libellulidae        
           
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)        
         
     
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