The following is a list of Odonata species recorded in Ireland. Common names are those given in the standard literature; where a different name has been given in The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies, this is given in brackets.[1]
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Banded Demoiselle | Calopteryx splendens | (Banded Jewelwing) |
Beautiful Demoiselle | Calopteryx virgo | (Beautiful Jewelwing) |
Scarce Emerald Damselfly | Lestes dryas | (Turlough Spreadwing) |
Emerald Damselfly | Lestes sponsa | (Common Spreadwing) |
Irish Damselfly | Coenagrion lunulatum | (Irish Bluet) |
Azure Damselfly | Coenagrion puella | (Azure Bluet) |
Variable Damselfly | Coenagrion pulchellum | (Variable Bluet) |
Common Blue Damselfly | Enallagma cyathigerum | (Common Bluet) |
Blue-tailed Damselfly | Ischnura elegans | (Common Bluetip) |
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly | Ischnura pumilio | (Small Bluetip) |
Large Red Damselfly | Pyrrhosoma nymphula | (Spring Redtail) |
Club-tailed Dragonfly | Gomphus vulgatissimus | (River Clubtail) |
Southern Hawker | Aeshna cyanea | |
Brown Hawker | Aeshna grandis | (Amber-winged Hawker) |
Common Hawker | Aeshna juncea | (Moorland Hawker) |
Migrant Hawker | Aeshna mixta | (Autumn Hawker) |
Emperor | Anax imperator | (Blue Emperor) |
Lesser Emperor | Anax parthenope | (Yellow-ringed Emperor) |
Hairy Dragonfly | Aeshna grandis | (Spring Hawker) |
Vagrant Emperor | Hemianax ephippiger |
Downy Emerald | Cordulia aenea | |
Northern Emerald | Somatochlora arctica | (Moorland Emerald) |
Broad-bodied Chaser | Libellula depressa | |
Scarce Chaser | Libellula fulva | |
Four-spotted Chaser | Libellula quadrimaculata | |
Black-tailed Skimmer | Orthetrum cancellatum | |
Keeled Skimmer | Orthetrum coerulescens | (Heathland Skimmer) |
Black Darter | Sympetrum danae | |
Yellow-winged Darter | Sympetrum flaveolum | |
Red-veined Darter | Sympetrum fonscolombii | |
Ruddy Darter | Sympetrum sanguineum | |
Common Darter | Sympetrum striolatum |
The following species have been included in previous lists of Irish dragonflies, but are no longer regarded as having been reliably recorded:
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