Calopteryx aequabilis
Calopteryx aequabilis, the river jewelwing, is a species of broad-winged damselfly. The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1839.[2] It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found from northeastern Alberta to Newfoundland and south in most of the United States.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Calopterygidae |
| Genus: | Calopteryx |
| Species: | C. aequabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Calopteryx aequabilis Say, 1839 | |
Description
The male has a metallic blue-green body and black wing tips. The female is duller brown with smoky wing tips that have white spots near the tips. The naiad is pale brown with darker markings.[3][4]
Habitat
It lives near small to moderate forest streams.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calopteryx aequabilis.
- Paulson, D. R. (2017). "Calopteryx aequabilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T165005A65826235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165005A65826235.en. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- Balaban, John and Jane (February 20, 2005). "Species Calopteryx aequabilis - River Jewelwing". BugGuide. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- "Species Page - Calopteryx aequabilis". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
- Lam, Ed. (2004) Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY: Biodiversity Press, p.18.
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