''Enallagma aspersum'', the azure bluet, is a species of narrow-winged
damselfly
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies (which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Epiprocta) but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the win ...
in the family
Coenagrionidae
Coenagrionidae is a family of damselflies, also known as pond damselflies, in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 spec ...
.
[ It is found in North America (Canada and the United States).][
The ]IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status ...
conservation status of ''Enallagma aspersum'' is "least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wil ...
", with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[
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Coenagrionidae
Odonata of North America
Insects of Canada
Insects of the United States
Insects described in 1861
Taxa named by Hermann August Hagen
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