Goblet-marked damselfly

Erythromma lindenii

The goblet-marked damselfly is a medium-sized blue-and-black damselfly in the pond damselfly family . It's a fairly common species in the South and West of Europe but is not found in the British Isles, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
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Appearance

It's an easily recognized species, with its wide antehumeral stripes, narrow postocular spots, the male's very bright-blue eyes. He has very long and curved appendages, and the spear-shaped marks on S3-S6 of his abdomen.
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Naming

''Erythromma lindenii'' was previously known as ''Coenagrion lindenii'' and ''Cercion lindenii'. The goblet-marked damselfly is also known as the blue-eye.

''Erythromma lindenii'' has three subspecies. The following are the subspecies.
⤷ ''Erythromma lindenii lacustre''
⤷ ''Erythromma lindenii lindenii''
⤷ ''Erythromma lindenii zernyi''
Adulthood Erythromma lindenii, recently emerged male Erythromma lindenii next to the exuvia Coenagrionidae,Erythromma lindenii,Goblet-marked damselfly,biodiversity,damselfly,insecta,insects,metamorphosis,odonata,summer,zygoptera

Distribution

It can also be found in Asia: Russian Federation and it is also found in Africa.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyCoenagrionidae
GenusErythromma
SpeciesErythromma lindenii
Photographed in
Greece
Portugal