Common Blue Damselfly vs Slender Bluet

Enallagma cyathigerum compared with Enallagma traviatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Blue Damselfly	Slender Bluet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order same	Odonata (Odonata)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family same	Coenagrionidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus same	Enallagma	Enallagma
Species	Enallagma cyathigerum	Enallagma traviatum

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Blue Damselfly and Slender Bluet share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Enallagma.

Conservation Status

Common Blue Damselfly

LC — Least Concern

Slender Bluet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Blue Damselfly	Slender Bluet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Blue Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Slender Bluet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

Common Blue Damselfly

Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.