Enallagma cardenium, the purple bluet, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.[1][2] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Enallagma |
| Species: | E. cardenium
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| Binomial name | |
| Enallagma cardenium Hagen in Selys, 1876
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The IUCN conservation status of Enallagma cardenium is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Enallagma cardenium Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Enallagma cardenium Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "List of Endangered Species". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Odonata Central".
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Ball-Damerow JE, Oboyski PT, Resh VH (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century". ZooKeys (482): 67–89. Bibcode:2015ZooK..482...67B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8453. PMC 4337221. PMID 25709531.
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