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title: "Small Red-eyed Damselfly"
description: "Erythromma viridulum — Insects & spiders. The small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/small-red-eyed-damselfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Small Red-eyed Damselfly

> Erythromma viridulum — Insects & spiders. The small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae.

- Scientific name: *Erythromma viridulum*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 8559
- Wikidata: [Q1420700](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1420700)
- iNaturalist taxon: [209683](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/209683)

## Names

- en: Small Red-eyed Damselfly
- de: Kleines Granatauge
- es: Azulado de ojos rojos meridional
- fr: Naïade au corps vert
- nl: Kleine roodoogjuffer
- pl: Oczobarwnica mniejsza

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1559), FR (957), GB (940), RU (914), IT (485), UA (422), ES (280), BE (266), PL (260), AT (237), NL (225), DK (194)

## Summary

The small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma viridulum) is a member of the damselfly family Coenagrionidae. It is very similar to the red-eyed damselfly.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_red-eyed_damselfly

## Photo

![Small Red-eyed Damselfly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-red-eyed-damselfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119328485

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-red-eyed-damselfly?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).