Erythromma viridulum (Charpentier, 1840)
(Small Red-eyed Damselfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesErythromma viridulum (Small Red-eyed Damselfly)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dana, D. 2002 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Vol 14, No 1 Page: 52
Hopkins, J. 2007 British Wildlife and Climate Change: 1. Evidence of Change British Wildlife Vol 18 (3): 153-159.

Erythromma viridulum (Small Red-eyed Damselfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erythromma viridulum (Small Red-eyed Damselfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Erythromma viridulum (Small Red-eyed Damselfly)
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