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Enallagma sp.

Enallagma sp.


Family: Coenagrionidae
Order: Odonata
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description


Enallagma is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae commonly known as bluets.

 Adults range in length from 28 mm to 40 mm. Males are usually bright blue and black while the coloration of females varies by species. With larval lifecycles, eggs do not diapause but hatch after a couple weeks. The larvae are found submerged often far from shore.

Species: The genus consists of the following species:
  • Enallagma ambiguum
  • Enallagma anna – River Bluet
  • Enallagma annexum – Northern Bluet
  • Enallagma antennatum – Rainbow Bluet
  • Enallagma aspersum – Azure Bluet
  • Enallagma basidens – Double-Striped Bluet
  • Enallagma boreale – Boreal Bluet
  • Enallagma cardenium – Purple Bluet
  • Enallagma carunculatum – Tule Bluet
  • Enallagma civile – Familiar Bluet
  • Enallagma clausum – Alkali Bluet
  • Enallagma concisum – Cherry Bluet
  • Enallagma cyathigerum – Common Blue Damselfly
  • Enallagma daeckii – Attenuated Bluet
  • Enallagma davisi – Sandhill Bluet
  • Enallagma deserti – Desert Bluet
  • Enallagma divagans – Turquoise Bluet
  • Enallagma doubledayi – Atlantic Bluet
  • Enallagma dubium – Burgundy Bluet
  • Enallagma durum – Big Bluet
  • Enallagma ebrium – Marsh Bluet
  • Enallagma eiseni – Baja California Bluet
  • Enallagma exsulans – Stream Bluet
  • Enallagma geminatum – Skimming Bluet
  • Enallagma hageni – Hagen´s Bluet
  • Enallagma laterale – New England Bluet
  • Enallagma minusculum – Little Bluet
  • Enallagma novaehispaniae – Neotropical Bluet
  • Enallagma pallidum – Pale Bluet
  • Enallagma parvum
  • Enallagma pictum – Scarlet Bluet
  • Enallagma pollutum – Florida Bluet
  • Enallagma praevarum – Arroyo Bluet
  • Enallagma recurvatum – Pine Barrens Bluet
  • Enallagma semicirculare – Claw-tipped Bluet
  • Enallagma signatum – Orange Bluet
  • Enallagma sulcatum – Golden Bluet
  • Enallagma traviatum – Slender Bluet
  • Enallagma truncatum – Cuban Bluet
  • Enallagma vernale – Vernal Bluet
  • Enallagma vesperum – Vesper Bluet
  • Enallagma weewa – Blackwater Bluet

Source: Wikipedia, article Enallagma sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 355941
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Bosque de Chapultepec
Distrito Federal
Mexico
09/22/2019
Eduardo Nadal



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
110965822/09/2019MexicoDistrito FederalJardín Botánico, Bosque de ChapultepecEduardo Nadal
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Enallagma sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 18/09/2026.