Variable dancer
Appearance
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Variable dancer | |
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Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Argia |
Species: | A. fumipennis
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Binomial name | |
Argia fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839)
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Subspecies | |
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The variable dancer (Argia fumipennis) is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread throughout the east and present in the interior western United States.[1]
The male of the subspecies A. f. violacea (the violet dancer) is purple with a blue tip.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]Argia fumipennis has three subspecies:
- Black dancer A. f. atra
- Smoky-winged dancer A. f. fumipennis
- Violet dancer A. f. violacea
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Black dancer A. f. atra
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Smoky-winged dancer A. f. fumipennis, Male
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Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Female
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Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argia fumipennis.
- ^ Argia fumipennis. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ Paseka, J. M. Argia fumipennis violacea. Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies. 2010.