White-legged damselfly

White-legged damselfly
Mature male
Young female
both in Warsaw, Poland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Genus: Platycnemis
Species:
P. pennipes
Binomial name
Platycnemis pennipes
(Pallas, 1771)

The white-legged damselfly or blue featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) is a damselfly of slow-flowing, muddy waters.[2] It occurs from the Atlantic to Siberia and is often abundant throughout its range.[3]

White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes)
  1. ^ Clausnitzer, V. (2020). "Platycnemis pennipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T158709A140610287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T158709A140610287.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dijkstra; Lewington (2006). Field Guide to Dragonflies of Britain and Europe. ISBN 0-9531399-4-8.
  3. ^ Clausnitzer, V. (2009). "Platycnemis pennipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158709A5270869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158709A5270869.en.