Hetaerina

Hetaerina
	American Rubyspot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Family:	Calopterygidae
Genus:	Hetaerina; Hagen in Selys, 1853

Hetaerina is a genus of damselflies in the family Calopterygidae. They are commonly known as Rubyspots because of the deep red wing bases of the males.^[1] The name is from Ancient Greek: ἑταίρα (hetaira), courtesan. H. rudis, the Guatemalan rubyspot, is considered vulnerable on the IUCN Red Data List.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:^[3]

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References

^ Hogue, Charles Leonard (1993). Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07849-7.^{[page needed]}
^ ^a ^b Template:IUCN2010.3
^ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
^ ^a ^b ^c "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ Template:IUCN2010.3

[1] Hogue, Charles Leonard (1993). Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07849-7.^{[page needed]}

[IUCNrudis-2] Template:IUCN2010.3

[3] Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. (2024). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.

[NOA-4] "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[5] Template:IUCN2010.3

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