Dragonflies

Species in (Brackets) not recorded in Yorkshire.
Species highlighted with an Astrix * are no longer recorded or are rare vagrants.

Demoiselles Calopterygidae
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo	Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Emerald Damselflies Lestidae
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa	*Scarce Emerald Damselfly Lestes dryas
Damselflies Coenagrionidae
Large Red Damsefly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	(Small Red Damselfly) (Ceriagrion tenellum)	(Northern Damselfly) (Coenagrion hastalatum)
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas	Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Hawkers Aeshnidae
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense	Azure Hawker Aeshna caerulea	Common Hawker Aeshna juncea
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta	Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea	Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Norfolk Hawker Aeshna isosceles	Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Golden-ringed Codulegastridae
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Emeralds
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea	Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica	Northern Emerald Somatochlora arctica
Darters, Chasers, Skimmers Libellulidae
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens	Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum	Broad-Bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata	Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva	Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii	Black Darter Sympetrum danae
White-faced Darter Leucorrhinia dubia