Biology:Enallagma vesperum

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Short description: Species of damselfly

Enallagma vesperum
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. vesperum
Binomial name
Enallagma vesperum
Calvert, 1919

Enallagma vesperum, the vesper bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in southern Canada and central and eastern United States.[1]

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

male and female

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q664912 entry