Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782)
(Banded Demoiselle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
GenusCalopteryx (demoiselles, demoiselle damselflies)
FamilyCALOPTERYGIDAE (demoiselle damselflies)
SuborderZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle) :
1: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
5 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, dying beside road; presumably hit by car (damaged head).
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - white background (2)Image 4: Wings - white backgroundImage 5: Wings - white background (2)Image 6: Male - clasper - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - clasper - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - clasper - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - genitalia - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - genitalia - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - genitalia - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
23 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)Image 3: Male - lateral view (3)
3: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
10 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)
4: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
7 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)
5: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male
Image 1: Male - at rest - lateral viewImage 2: Male - at rest - lateral view (2)Image 3: Male - at rest - lateral view (3)Image 4: Male - at rest - lateral view (4)Image 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - enlarged
6: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
15 May 2005 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings together - in situ - close-upImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - in situ - close-up (2)Image 3: Female - oblique view - wings together - in situImage 4: Female - oblique view - wings together - in situ (2)Image 5: Female - oblique view - wings together - in situ - close-upImage 6: Female - oblique view - wings together - in situ - close-up (2)
7: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
19 Jul 1981 OSGR: SU09 51° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Male - side viewImage 2: Male - side view (2)
8: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
26 Jun 1977 OSGR: SU84 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Female - side viewImage 2: Male - side viewImage 3: Male - side view (2)
9: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
26 Jun 1977 OSGR: SU84 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Wing lying on sand
Image 1: Male - wing
10: Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle)
8 Jun 1969 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Female - side viewImage 2: Female with mayfly prey - top viewImage 3: Male - side viewImage 4: Male - side view (2)

Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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