Calopteryx atrata Selys 1853 (broad-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Calopterygidae

Belongs to Calopteryx according to T. Esaki and S. Asahina 1957

See also Nel and Paicheler 1993

Sister taxa: Agrion (Agrion), Calopteryx andancensis, Agrion telluris

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calopteryx atrata in the database

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