Biology:Calopteryx aequabilis
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Short description: Species of damselfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Genus: | Calopteryx |
| Species: | C. aequabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1839
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Calopteryx aequabilis, the river jewelwing, is a species of broad-winged damselfly. The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1839.[2] It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found from northeastern Alberta to Newfoundland and south in most of the United States.[3]
Description
The male has a metallic blue-green body and black wing tips. The female is duller brown with smoky wing tips that have white spots near the tips. The naiad is pale brown with darker markings.[3][4]
Habitat
It lives near small to moderate forest streams.[3]
References
- ↑ Paulson, D. R. (2017). "Calopteryx aequabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T165005A65826235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165005A65826235.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/165005/65826235. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ↑ Balaban, John and Jane (February 20, 2005). "Species Calopteryx aequabilis - River Jewelwing". https://bugguide.net/node/view/11672.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Species Page - Calopteryx aequabilis". University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum. http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Odonata&c=7&s=6145.
- ↑ Lam, Ed. (2004) Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY: Biodiversity Press, p.18.
Wikidata ☰ Q2261744 entry
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