Erythromma najas

Species of damselfly

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Erythromma najas

Male
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Odonata
Suborder:  | Zygoptera
Family:  | Coenagrionidae
Genus:  | Erythromma
Species:  |

E. najas

Binomial name
Erythromma najas

(Hansemann, 1823)

Erythromma najas, the red-eyed damselfly, is a member of the Coenagrionidae family of damselflies.

## Appearance

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The species is a small damselfly, 35 millimetres (1.4 in) long, predominantly black with iridescent blue markings. The male resembles blue-tailed damselflies (Ischnura species) but is distinguished by its large, spaced eyes that are a deep red. It is very similar to the small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma viridulum).

* teneral male

* female

## Behaviour

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Red-eyed damselflies (Erythromma najas) mating

Males typically spend much of their time perched on the leaves of floating vegetation such as water lilies or mats of algae.

## References

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* "Erythromma najas". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
* Brooks & Lewington (2004). Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing. ISBN 0-9531399-0-5.

## External links

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* Media related to Erythromma najas at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Erythromma najas at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers

Erythromma najas|

* Wikidata: Q177833
* Wikispecies: Erythromma najas
* BioLib: 1595
* BOLD: 105949
* CoL: 6GS2M
* EoL: 4132410
* EPPO: ERTMNA
* EUNIS: 241250
* Fauna Europaea: 214278
* Fauna Europaea (new): 2f622bc9-c6cc-455f-8890-8ef8f2ed0b18
* GBIF: 1423018
* iNaturalist: 209688
* IRMNG: 10347281
* IUCN: 165497
* NBN: NBNSYS0000005610
* NCBI: 197158
* Observation.org: 598
* Open Tree of Life: 725604

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