Genus Enallagma - American Bluets

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Azure Bluet - Enallagma aspersum - female

Azure Bluet - Enallagma aspersum - male - female

Familiar Bluet? - Enallagma civile - female

Attenuated Bluet - Enallagma daeckii - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)

Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)

Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)

Genus Enallagma (American Bluets)

Other Common Names

USE: The Odonata of North America for Common Names

USE: The Odonata of North America for Scientific Names

Explanation of Names

Common name "Bluet" comes from the blue coloration of many members of the species (1).

Numbers

Largest genus in family Coenagrionidae. (2) Nearctica.com lists 35 North American species. Odonata of North America lists 37 species.

1.	Damselflies of the Northeast By Ed Lam

2.	A Field Guide to Insects By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Tony Thomas
Last updated 25 October, 2007 - 9:08pm

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