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Narrow-winged Damselflies
Coenagrionidae
Coenagrionidae is a family of damselflies in the superfamily Coenagrionoidea. Commonly known as the pond damselflies or narrow-winged damselflies, they are distributed worldwide and occur in a wide variety of freshwater habitats. With more than 1,300 described species in over 100 genera, Coenagrionidae is the largest family of damselflies.
The family includes many of the most familiar damselflies and, following recent molecular studies, also incorporates several groups that were formerly treated as separate families, including the giant damselflies (Pseudostigmatidae) and the New World Protoneuridae.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 1,308 known species
Forktails
genusIschnura
Dancers
genusArgia
Bluets
genusEnallagma
Northern Bluets
genusCoenagrion
Citrils, Marsh-darts and allies
genusCeriagrion
Sprites
genusPseudagrion
Pyrrhosoma
genusPyrrhosoma
Erythromma
genusErythromma
Wisps and Midgets
genusAgriocnemis
Sprites
genusNehalennia
Firetails
genusTelebasis
Chromagrion
genusChromagrion
Lilysquatters
genusParacercion
Red Damsels
genusAmphiagrion
Xanthagrion
genusXanthagrion
Austroagrion
genusAustroagrion
Xanthocnemis
genusXanthocnemis
Wedgetails
genusAcanthagrion
Argiocnemis
genusArgiocnemis
Mecistogaster
genusMecistogaster
Slims
genusAciagrion
Oxyagrion
genusOxyagrion
African Bluets
genusAfricallagma
Teinobasis
genusTeinobasis
Azuragrion
genusAzuragrion
Mortonagrion
genusMortonagrion
Hesperagrion
genusHesperagrion
Megaloprepus
genusMegaloprepus
Hawaiian Damselflies
genusMegalagrion
Yellow-faced Damselflies
genusNeoerythromma
Archibasis
genusArchibasis
Mesamphiagrion
genusMesamphiagrion
Amphicnemis
genusAmphicnemis
Austrocnemis
genusAustrocnemis
swampdamsels
genusLeptobasis
Argentagrion
genusArgentagrion
Apanisagrion
genusApanisagrion
Leptagrion
genusLeptagrion
Cyanallagma
genusCyanallagma
Metaleptobasis
genusMetaleptobasis
Zoniagrion
genusZoniagrion
Oxyallagma
genusOxyallagma
Pearlwings
genusAnisagrion
Homeoura
genusHomeoura
Amphiallagma
genusAmphiallagma
Xiphiagrion
genusXiphiagrion
Pericnemis
genusPericnemis
Microstigma
genusMicrostigma
Proischnura
genusProischnura
Antiagrion
genusAntiagrion
Aeolagrion
genusAeolagrion
Caliagrion
genusCaliagrion
Nesobasis
genusNesobasis
Phoenicagrion
genusPhoenicagrion
Sangabasis
genusSangabasis
Austrocoenagrion
genusAustrocoenagrion
Minagrion
genusMinagrion
Protallagma
genusProtallagma
Inpabasis
genusInpabasis
Melanesobasis
genusMelanesobasis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47925.