Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840)
(Southern Damselfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly)
GenusCoenagrion (a genus of damselflies)
FamilyCOENAGRIONIDAE (red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles)
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 Coenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly) :
1: Coenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly)
25 May 2009 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorso-lateral view - in situImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - in situ (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2003 Southern Damselfly Vol 14, No 6. Page: 432
Gibbons, B. 2006 Male Southern Damselfly … Vol 27, No 3 Page: 202

Coenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coenagrion mercuriale (Southern Damselfly)
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