''Coenagrion'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...

in the family

Coenagrionidae The insect family Coenagrionidae is placed in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, making i ...

, commonly called the Eurasian Bluets (although three species are found in

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: '' Coenagrion angulatum'', '' Coenagrion interrogatum'', and '' Coenagrion resolutum''). Species of ''Coenagrion'' are generally medium-sized, brightly coloured damselflies.

Species

The genus ''Coenagrion'' includes the following species:

Biology

Thermal adaptation

This genus's capacity for phenotypically plastic responses to the surface air temperature is important to species' ranges. These thermal responses will also decide a great deal of these species' responses to climate change. Nilsson-Örtman ''et al.'', 2012 find a high degree of thermal adaptation in high

latitude In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north– south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body. Latitude is given as an angle that ranges from –90° at the south pole to 90° at the north pol ...

populations of ''Coenagrion''. They found similar plasticity even for various

sympatric In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct species sh ...

species at the same locations, and despite the highly variable weather at such latitudes.

References

{{Taxonbar , from=Q794363 Coenagrionidae Zygoptera genera Odonata of Asia Odonata of Europe Odonata of Australia Odonata of North America Taxa named by William Forsell Kirby Insects described in 1890 Damselflies Taxonomy articles created by Polbot