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Copper Demoiselle

Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 0, February 2, March 9, April 45, May 133, June 357, July 528, August 523, September 183, October 52, November 1, December 1.
Spain1,834
France1,349
Portugal1,093
Italy899
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur495
Galicia460
Occitanie387
Andalucía371
Centro349
Cataluña/Catalunya279

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderDragonflies and Damselflies · Odonata
FamilyBroad-winged Damselflies · Calopterygidae
GenusJewelwings · Calopteryx

Sources

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