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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Broad-winged Damselflies (Calopterygidae) » Rubyspots (Hetaerina)

Genus Hetaerina - Rubyspots

Classification · Other Common Names
American rubyspot - Hetaerina americana - female Hetaerina americana female? - Hetaerina americana American Rubyspot - Hetaerina americana - male Damselfly species - Hetaerina americana - male Damselfly - Hetaerina americana Argia fumipennis? - Hetaerina titia - male American Rubyspot - Hetaerina americana - male Red Damselfly on McDowell Creek - Hetaerina americana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Calopterygidae (Broad-winged Damselflies)
Genus Hetaerina (Rubyspots)
Other Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Common Names
USE: The Odonata of North America for Scientific Names
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 March, 2004 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Nick Block
Last updated 19 November, 2008 - 3:52pm

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