Blue-tailed Damselfly

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Blue-tailed Damselfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Suborder: Zygoptera Family: Coenagrionidae Genus: Ischnura Species: I. elegans
Binomial name
Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)

The Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans is a European damselfly.

Contents 1 Morphology 1.1 Adults 1.1.1 Males 1.1.2 Females 2 External links

[edit] Morphology

[edit] Adults

[edit] Males

Adult male Blue-tailed Damselflies have a head and thorax patterned with blue and black. They have a largely black abdomen with very narrow pale markings where each segment joins the next. Segment eight however is entirely pale blue.

[edit] Females

Adult female Blue-tailed Damselflies come in a variety of colour forms, including a pink form, a violet form and a pale green form.

[edit] External links

• http://delta-intkey.com/britin/odo/www/elegans.htm Detailed description