Species Detail - Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "iNaturalist Dragonfly Species Records for Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle
NBNSYS0000005616 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
cavir
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - dragonfly (Odonata)
Species
64
32
23
03/06/2019
27/07/2024
29 April (recorded in 2022)
29 September (recorded in 2021)
iNaturalist, iNaturalist Dragonfly Species Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), accessed 31 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/388/Species/78157>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)