The Republic of Armenia and dragonflies
In 1948 N.N. Akramowski (also transliteraded as Akramovskii, Akramovski, Akramovskij, Akramovsky, Akramowskii) was the first to publish a extensive account of Odonata in the Sovjet republic of Armenia. He gave 47 species, adding some as to be found probably in the future. In 1964 Akramowski published a supplement, treating a number of species which had been found recently in eastern transcaucasia, including Azerbaijan. Since then few data (as far as we know) have been collected in the country which became independent in 1990. In 1998 and 2001 the first author visited Armenia on a mainly touristic trip, nevertheless observing a number of dragonflies and generating some interest in this insect order with the second author (an expert ornithologist).

Vasil then started to put the ancient and published records on maps. This was not an easy task as in Armenia over a century a lot of localities changed names, some even two of three times. Then the idea grew to publish all this on the internet to invoke some extra interest in the region.

We are very much aware of the fact that we are dealing with a very small dataset (somewhat more than 600 records), but nevertheless we thought it interesting to publish already the available data in this form. Existing data may not be easily accessible to everyone (due to language and toponimy-problems), chances are small that in a near future a mass of odonatologists will study the country and we hope this publication may generate some reaction from people already having interesting data or being able to supply us with appropriate literature. Any remark will be warmly welcomed. We are sure that the status of a number of taxa will change in the future (e.g. Calopteryx splendens complex), but we have chosen a practical approach. Names do not reflect a personal opinion on taxonomy.

Within the boundaries of today Armenia 53 dragonfly species have been found, with some subspecific taxa.

More details are to be found in the annotated list, which includes distribution maps for every species. This can be found at a separate URL

ZYGOPTERA

Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782)
    Calopteryx splendens erevanense Akramowski, 1948
    Calopteryx splendens tshaldirica (Bartenef & Popova, 1928)
    Calopteryx splendens cartvelica (Bartenef, 1930)
    Calopteryx splendens intermedia Sélys, 1887
Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840)
Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)
Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)
Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)
Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1825)
Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1882)
Platycnemis dealbata Sélys, 1863
Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1840)
Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier, 1825)
Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840)
Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
Coenagrion ornatum (Sélys, 1850)
Coenagrion puella (Linneaus, 1758)
Coenagrion pulchellum (Vander Linden, 1825)

ANISOPTERA

Aeshna cyanea (O.F. Müller, 1764)
Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805
Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820
Aeshna serrata (Hagen, 1856)
Aeshna isosceles (O.F. Müller, 1764)
Anax parthenope (Sélys, 1839)
Anax imperator Leach, 1815
Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845)
Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)
Gomphus flavipes (Charpentier, 1825)
Gomphus schneideri Sélys, 1950
Onychogomphus assimilis (Schneider, 1845)
Onychogomphus flexuosus (Schneider, 1845)
Onychogomphus forcipatus albotibialis Schmidt, 1954
Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845
Libellula depressa Linneaus, 1758
Libellula pontica Sélys, 1887
Libellula quadrimaculata Linneaus, 1758
Orthetrum albistylum (Sélys, 1848)
Orthetrum brunneum (Fonscolombe, 1837)
Orthetrum cancellatum (Linneaus, 1758)
Orthetrum coerulescens anceps (Schneider, 1845)
Crocothemis erythraea (Brulle, 1832)
Sympetrum danae (Sulzer, 1776)
Sympetrum depressiusculum (Sélys, 1841)
Sympetrum flaveolum (Linneaus, 1758)
Sympetrum fonscolombii (Sélys, 1840)
Sympetrum meridionale (Sélys, 1841)
Sympetrum pedemontanum (Allioni, 1766)
Sympetrum sanguineum (O.F. Müller, 1764)
    Sympetrum sanguineum sanguineum (O.F. Müller, 1764)
    Sympetrum sanguineum armeniacum (Sélys, 1884)
Sympetrum striolatum (Charpentier, 1840)
Sympetrum vulgatum decoloratum (Sélys, 1884) 
Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825)
Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798)