COENAGRIONIDAE Kirby, 1890
(red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ceriagrion tenellum
Small Red Damselfly
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 		Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Coenagrion
a genus of damselflies
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 24 images 3 ident. refs
Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 24 images
Erythromma viridulum
Small Red-eyed Damselfly
Species 2 ident. refs
Ischnura
a genus of dragonflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly
Male (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 2 subtaxa 48 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

COENAGRIONIDAE (red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COENAGRIONIDAE (red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COENAGRIONIDAE (red and blue damselflies, and demoiselles)
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