Azure Bluet
Enallagma aspersum (Hagen, 1861)
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Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum) is a distinctively-patterned bluet species which can often be common to abundant at vegetated ponds, especially ones lacking fish. It is a good disperser, and often is one of the first odonate species to colonize new aquatic habitat (Paulson, 2011). This species is common in Maryland, and is widely distributed across the state (Richard Orr's Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia).

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Enallagma aspersum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. aspersum
Binomial name
Enallagma aspersum
(Hagen, 1861)

Enallagma aspersum, the azure bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[2][3][4][5] It is found in North America (Canada and the United States).[1][2]

The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma aspersum is "least concern", with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[1][6]

Azure bluet, Enallagma aspersum

References

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  1. ^ a b c Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Enallagma aspersum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T51355082A65836714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T51355082A65836714.en. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Enallagma aspersum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. ^ "Enallagma aspersum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ^ "Enallagma aspersum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. ^ "Enallagma aspersum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  6. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2018-05-04.

Further reading

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  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
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