Dainty damselfly

Coenagrion scitulum

The dainty damselfly is a blue damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.
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Distribution

This is a scarce species found mainly in southern Europe, northern Africa, southwest Asia, and Central America.
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Status

This is a scarce species found mainly in southern Europe, northern Africa, southwest Asia, and Central America.The species was formerly recorded as a breeding species in Britain and became locally extinct in the North Sea flood of 1953. It was rediscovered in Kent in 2010.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyCoenagrionidae
GenusCoenagrion
SpeciesC. scitulum
Photographed in
Portugal