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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Dancers (Argia) » Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis) » Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea)

Subspecies Argia fumipennis violacea - Violet Dancer

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Variable Dancer - Argia fumipennis - male Variable Variable Dancer - Argia fumipennis - female violet dancer - Argia fumipennis - female Unidentified damselfly - Argia fumipennis - female Argia fumipennis? - Argia fumipennis Vivid Dancers Mating - Argia fumipennis - male - female damselfly082519-5 - Argia fumipennis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies)
Family Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
Genus Argia (Dancers)
Species fumipennis (Variable Dancer)
Subspecies violacea (Violet Dancer)
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 10 July, 2009 - 11:03am

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