List of Canadian damselflies

This is a list of damselflies (Odonata) of Canada.

(Northern Bluets in mating wheel Enallagma cyathigerum)

Family Calopterygidae, Broad-winged Damsels

Genus Calopteryx, Jewelwings

Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

• Calopteryx aequabilis, River Jewelwing
• Calopteryx amata, Superb Jewelwing
• Calopteryx dimidiata, Sparkling Jewelwing
• Calopteryx maculata, Ebony Jewelwing

Genus Hetaerina, Rubyspots

• Hetaerina americana, American Rubyspot

Family Lestidae, Spreadwings

Genus Archilestes

Great Spreadwing

• Archilestes grandis, Great Spreadwing

Genus Lestes

Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)

• Lestes australis, Southern Spreadwing
• Lestes congener, Spotted Spreadwing
• Lestes disjunctus, Common Spreadwing or Northern Spreadwing
• Lestes dryas, Emerald Spreadwing
• Lestes eurinus, Amber-winged Spreadwing
• Lestes forcipatus, Sweetflag Spreadwing
• Lestes inaequalis, Elegant Spreadwing
• Lestes rectangularis, Slender Spreadwing
• Lestes stultus, Black Spreadwing
• Lestes unguiculatus, Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
• Lestes vigilax, Swamp Spreadwing

Family Coenagrionidae, Pond Damsels

Genus Amphiagrion

• Amphiagrion abbreviatum, Western Red Damsel
• Amphiagrion saucium, Eastern Red Damsel

Genus Argia, Dancers

Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta)

• Argia alberta, Paiute Dancer
• Argia apicalis, Blue-fronted Dancer
• Argia bipunctulata, Seepage Dancer
• Argia emma, Emma's Dancer
• Argia fumipennis, Variable Dancer and Violet Dancer
• Argia moesta, Powdered Dancer
• Argia plana, Springwater Dancer
• Argia tibialis, Blue-tipped Dancer
• Argia translata, Dusky Dancer
• Argia vivida, Vivid Dancer

Genus Chromagrion

• Chromagrion conditum, Aurora Damsel

Genus Chrysobasis

• Chrysobasis lucifer, Tail-light Damsel

Genus Coenagrion, Eurasian Bluets

Taiga Bluets (Coenagrion resolutum)

• Coenagrion angulatum, Prairie Bluet
• Coenagrion interrogatum, Subarctic Bluet
• Coenagrion resolutum, Taiga Bluet

Genus Enallagma, Bluets

Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)

• Enallagma anna, River Bluet
• Enallagma antennatum, Rainbow Bluet
• Enallagma aspersum, Azure Bluet
• Enallagma basidens, Double-striped Bluet
• Enallagma boreale, Boreal Bluet
• Enallagma carunculatum, Tule Bluet
• Enallagma civile, Familiar Bluet
• Enallagma clausum, Alkali Bluet
• Enallagma cyathigerum, Northern Bluet
• Enallagma daeckii, Attenuated Bluet
• Enallagma divagans, Turquoise Bluet
• Enallagma doubledayi, Atlantic Bluet
• Enallagma durum, Big Bluet
• Enallagma ebrium, Marsh Bluet
• Enallagma exsulans, Stream Bluet
• Enallagma geminatum, Skimming Bluet
• Enallagma hageni, Hagen's Bluet
• Enallagma laterale, New England Bluet
• Enallagma minusculum, Little Bluet
• Enallagma pallidum, Pale Bluet
• Enallagma pictum, Scarlet Bluet
• Enallagma praevarum, Arroyo Bluet
• Enallagma recurvatum, Pine Barrens Bluet
• Enallagma signatum, Orange Bluet
• Enallagma traviatum, Slender Bluet
• Enallagma vesperum, Vesper Bluet

Genus Ischnura, Forktails

Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)

• Ischnura cervula, Pacific Forktail
• Ischnura damula, Plains Forktail
• Ischnura hastata, Citrine Forktail
• Ischnura kellicotti, Lilypad Forktail
• Ischnura posita, Fragile Forktail
• Ischnura verticalis, Eastern Forktail

Genus Nehalennia, Sprites

Sedge Sprite

• Nehalennia gracilis, Sphagnum Sprite
• Nehalennia irene, Sedge Sprite

Genus Telebasis, Firetails

• Telebasis byersi, Duckweed Firetail

See also

• List of butterflies of Canada
• List of moths of Canada
• List of dragonflies of Canada

References

• Dubois, Bob. Damselflies of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, 2005.
• North American Dragonflies and Damselflies, Greg Lasley Nature Photography