Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820)

Common names

🇬🇧 Blue-tailed Damselfly
🇫🇷 Agrion élégant

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Ischnura
Species: Ischnura elegans

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/ischnura-elegans.webp — Ischnura elegans ♂ (top) and ♀ (bottom) mating

Sources

Vinko, D., Billqvist, M., De Knijf, G., van Grunsven, R.H.A., & Prunier, F. (2024). Ischnura elegans (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T165479A208836177.en