| Variable dancer | |
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| Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Argia |
| Species: | A. fumipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Argia fumipennis (Burmeister, 1839) | |
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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]
