Common Bluetail vs Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly

Ischnura elegans compared with Ischnura pumilio

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Bluetail	Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class same	Insecta (inseto)	Insecta (inseto)
Order same	Odonata (Odonata)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family same	Coenagrionidae	Coenagrionidae
Genus same	Ischnura	Ischnura
Species	Ischnura elegans	Ischnura pumilio

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Bluetail and Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Ischnura.

Conservation Status

Common Bluetail

LC — Least Concern

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Bluetail	Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Bluetail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Common Bluetail

A ischnura-elegante (Ischnura elegans) está classificada como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Amplamente distribuída e abundante na sua área de distribuição, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly

A libela-de-cauda-azul-rara (Ischnura pumilio) esta classificada como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. E uma especie amplamente distribuida e abundante em sua area de distribuicao, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes de conservacao imediatas.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden