Biology:Enallagma aspersum

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Enallagma aspersum
Azure Bluet - Enallagma aspersum - Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge, Md. - 5924981922.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. aspersum
Binomial name
Enallagma aspersum
(Hagen, 1861)

Enallagma aspersum, the azure bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[2][3][4][5] It is found in North America (Canada and the United States).[1][2]

The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma aspersum is "least concern", with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][6]

Azure bluet, Enallagma aspersum

References

Further reading

  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2791463 entry