Variable dancer
Species of insect
Variable dancer | |
---|---|
Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male | |
Conservation status | |
Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Argia |
Species: | A. fumipennis |
Binomial name | |
Argia fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839) | |
Subspecies | |
|
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
Argia fumipennis has three subspecies:
- Black dancer A. f. atra
- Smoky-winged dancer A. f. fumipennis
- Violet dancer A. f. violacea
- Black dancer A. f. atra
- Smoky-winged dancer A. f. fumipennis, Male
- Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Female
- Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argia fumipennis.
- v
- t
- e