This article is an alphabetic list of odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) species found in
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...
, including
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
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Gomphus flavipes'', the river clubtail
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Gomphus graslinii''
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Gomphus pulchellus'', the Western clubtail
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Gomphus vulgatissimus
''Gomphus vulgatissimus'', the common clubtail, is a medium-sized (wingspan 6 –7 cm.) species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in most of Europe, and is present now in the south of France. Its natural habitats are clean ...
'', the common clubtail
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Lestes barbarus
''Lestes barbarus'' is a species of damselfly of the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names in English include southern emerald damselfly, shy emerald damselfly, and migrant spreadwing.Clausnitzer, V. 2009''Lestes barbarus''.The IUC ...
'', the Southern emerald damselfly
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Lestes dryas
''Lestes dryas'' is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly and robust spreadwing.Boudot, J. 2014''Lestes dryas''.The IUCN Red List of Threatened Specie ...
'', the emerald spreadwing
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Lestes macrostigma
''Lestes macrostigma'' is a species of damselfly of the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known by the common name dark spreadwing. It is native to much of southern Europe, its distribution extending into western Asia.Kalkman, V. J. 2014''L ...
'', the dark emerald damselfly
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Lestes sponsa
''Lestes sponsa'', is a damselfly, with a wide Palaearctic distribution. It is known commonly as the emerald damselfly or common spreadwing. Both males and females have a metallic green colour and when resting its wings are usually half opened.
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'', the emerald damselfly
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Lestes virens
''Lestes virens'' is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. It is known commonly as the small spreadwing or small emerald spreadwing. It is native to much of Europe and western and central Asia.Kalkman, V. J. 2014''Lestes ...
'', the small emerald damselfly
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Leucorrhinia albifrons'', the dark whiteface
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Leucorrhinia caudalis'', the lilypad whiteface
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Libellula depressa
''Libellula depressa'', the broad-bodied chaser or broad-bodied darter,Hart. M., et al, (1978), ''The Naturetrail Omnibus'', London: Usborne Publishing Limited, page 157 is one of the most common dragonflies in Europe and central Asia. It is ve ...
'', the broad-bodied chaser
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Macromia splendens''
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Onychogomphus forcipatus'', the small pincertail
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Onychogomphus uncatus'', the large pincertail
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Ophiogomphus cecilia
''Ophiogomphus cecilia'', the green snaketail, green gomphid, or green club-tailed dragonfly, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae.
Description
The only snaketail in Europe; resembles a large clubtail in general coloration and ri ...
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Orthetrum cancellatum'', the black-tailed skimmer
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Platycnemis acutipennis'', the orange featherleg
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Trithemis annulata'', the violet dropwing
References
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Odonata species