Red and blue damsel | |
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Male, Tasmania, Australia | |
Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: |
Xanthagrion Selys 1876 [4] |
Species: | X. erythroneurum
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Binomial name | |
Xanthagrion erythroneurum | |
The red and blue damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum) is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. [5] [1] It is the only member of the monotypic genus Xanthagrion. [6] [7]
The face and thorax are bright red. [8] The abdomen is pale in colour [8] and 2.2-2.4 cm long. [9] The female and male are similar in colour. [8]
The red and blue damsel is widespread across all Australian states, [9] as well as Fiji, New Caledonia, and other islands in the Pacific. [10] It is found in north and eastern Tasmania. It is typically found near dams, marshes and slow watercourses. [9]
Red and blue damsel | |
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Male, Tasmania, Australia | |
Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: |
Xanthagrion Selys 1876 [4] |
Species: | X. erythroneurum
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Binomial name | |
Xanthagrion erythroneurum | |
The red and blue damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum) is a damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. [5] [1] It is the only member of the monotypic genus Xanthagrion. [6] [7]
The face and thorax are bright red. [8] The abdomen is pale in colour [8] and 2.2-2.4 cm long. [9] The female and male are similar in colour. [8]
The red and blue damsel is widespread across all Australian states, [9] as well as Fiji, New Caledonia, and other islands in the Pacific. [10] It is found in north and eastern Tasmania. It is typically found near dams, marshes and slow watercourses. [9]