List of Canadian damselflies
This is a list of damselflies (Odonata) of Canada.
Family Calopterygidae, broad-winged damsels
Genus Calopteryx, jewelwings
- 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
- Archilestes grandis, great spreadwing
Genus Lestes
- 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
- 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
- Coenagrion angulatum, prairie bluet
- Coenagrion interrogatum, Subarctic bluet
- Coenagrion resolutum, taiga bluet
Genus Enallagma, bluets
- 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
- 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
- Nehalennia gracilis, sphagnum sprite
- Nehalennia irene, sedge sprite
Genus Telebasis, firetails
- Telebasis byersi, duckweed firetail
See also
References
- Dubois, Bob. Damselflies of the North Woods. Duluth, MN:Kollath+Stensaas, 2005.
- North American Dragonflies and Damselflies, Greg Lasley Nature Photography