Dainty Damselfly

Dainty Damselfly
Male C. scitulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Coenagrion
Species:	C. scitulum
Binomial name
Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842)

Dainty Damselfly Coenagrion scitulum is a blue damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.

Status and distribution

This is a scarce species found mainly in southern Europe, northern Africa and southwest Asia.

Status in Britain

The species was formerly recorded as a breeding species in Britain and became locally extinct in the North Sea flood of 1953.^[1] It was rediscovered in Kent in 2010.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Coenagrion scitulum". British Dragonfly Society. http://british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/dainty-damselfly. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
2. ^ Richard, Black (21 July 2010). "Beautiful 'lost' insect turns up anew in UK". BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10718550. Retrieved 9 August 2010. 

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