Butterfly-leaf vs Southern Damselfly

Adenolobus garipensis compared with Coenagrion mercuriale

Key Differences

• Butterfly-leaf is Least Concern while Southern Damselfly is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butterfly-leaf	Southern Damselfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Fabaceae	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Adenolobus	Coenagrion
Species	Adenolobus garipensis	Coenagrion mercuriale

Conservation Status

Butterfly-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Southern Damselfly

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butterfly-leaf	Southern Damselfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butterfly-leaf

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Southern Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Luxembourg.

Butterfly-leaf

The Butterfly-leaf (Adenolobus garipensis) is a species in the genus Adenolobus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.