- Source: Calopteryx aequabilis
Calopteryx aequabilis, the river jewelwing, is a species of broad-winged damselfly. The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1839. It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found from northeastern Alberta to Newfoundland and southward in most of northern part the United States.
Description
The male has a metallic blue-green body and black wing tips. The female is duller brown with smoky wing tips that have white spots near the tips. The naiad is pale brown with darker markings.
Habitat
It lives near small to moderate forest streams.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Calopteryx aequabilis
- Calopteryx (damselfly)
- Damselfly
- List of damselflies of the world (Calopterygidae)
- List of Canadian damselflies
- List of fauna of Oregon
- List of least concern arthropods
- List of least concern insects
- Evidence for speciation by reinforcement
