| American Rubyspot | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Genus: | Hetaerina |
| Species: | H. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hetaerina americana (Fabricius, 1798) [1] |
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| Range of H. americana [2] | |
The American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) is a damselfly of the family Calopterygidae. Males have a lustrous red head and thorax. The abdomen of both genders is brilliant green.[3] The female may have either green or copper colored marks on the thorax.[4]
The name highlights this damselfly's status as the most widespread of the North American rubyspots.[5] It is reported from every state of the USA except Washington and Idaho, and is also found in Mexico and southeast Canada.[2]