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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 919 No. 919 |

Southern Damselfly
Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale) – species of family “Narrow-winged Damselflies“

Coenagrion mercuriale, the southern damselfly, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Algeria, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ancestry Graph

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„Southern Damselfly“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily