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