Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)
(Green Emerald or Willow Emerald Damselfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChalcolestes viridis (Green Emerald or Willow Emerald Damselfly)
FamilyLESTIDAE (emerald 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbons, B. 2004 Willow Emerald Damselfly Vol 15, No 4 Page: 277

Chalcolestes viridis (Green Emerald or Willow Emerald Damselfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chalcolestes viridis (Green Emerald or Willow Emerald Damselfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chalcolestes viridis (Green Emerald or Willow Emerald Damselfly)
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