Dainty Damselfly

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Dainty Damselfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea
Family: Coenagrionidae
Subfamily: Coenagrioninae
Genus: Coenagrion
Species: C. scitulum
Binomial name
Coenagrion scitulum

Dainty Damselfly Coenagrion scitulum is a blue damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.

[edit] Status and distribution

This is a scarce species found mainly in southern Europe, northern Africa and southwest Asia.

[edit] Status in Britain

The species was formerly recorded as a breeding species in Britain.

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