Variable dancer | |
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Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male | |
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 | |
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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]
Argia fumipennis has three subspecies:
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