Coenagrion interrogatum

(Coenagrion interrogatum)

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Description

Coenagrion interrogatum, the Subarctic bluet, is a blue and black, pond damsel of the family Coenagrionidae. The species was first described by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps in 1876. Most northerly range of the Eurasian bluets with records in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, throughout most of Canada and east to Newfoundland. Found in some northerly states towards the east and much of New England Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae, commonly called the Eurasian Bluets (although three species are found in North America: Coenagrion angulatum, Coenagrion interrogatum, and Coenagrion resolutum). Species of Coenagrion are generally medium-sized, brightly coloured damselflies.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Odonata
Family:Coenagrionidae
Genus:Coenagrion
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