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