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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Coenagrion Kirby, 1890 |
Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae, commonly called the Eurasian Bluets (although three species are found in North America: 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:
- Coenagrion aculeatum Yu & Bu, 2007
- Coenagrion adelais Fourcroy, 1785
- Coenagrion amurense (Bartenev, 1956)
- Coenagrion antiquum Belyshev, 1955
- Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840) – Norfolk Damselfly or Dark Bluet
- Coenagrion angulatum Walker, 1912 – Prairie Bluet
- Coenagrion australocaspicum Dumont & Heidari, 1996
- Coenagrion bartenevi Belyshev, 1955
- Coenagrion bifurcatum Zhu & Ou-yan 2000
- Coenagrion brevicauda Bartenev, 1956
- Coenagrion caerulescens (Fonscolombe, 1838) – Mediterranean Bluet
- Coenagrion castellani Roberts, 1948
- Coenagrion chusanicum Navás, 1933
- Coenagrion dorothaea Fourcroy, 1785
- Coenagrion ecornutum (Selys, 1872)
- Coenagrion exornatum (Selys, 1872)
- Coenagrion glaciale (Selys, 1872)
- Coenagrion hastulatum Charpentier, 1825 – Northern Damselfly, Spearhead Bluet
- Coenagrion holdereri (Förster, 1900)
- Coenagrion hylas (Trybom, 1889) – Siberian Bluet
- Coenagrion intermedium Lohmann, 1990 – Cretan Bluet
- Coenagrion interrogatum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) – Subarctic Bluet
- Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894) – Arctic Bluet
- Coenagrion kashmirum Chowdhary & Das, 1975
- Coenagrion lanceolatum (Selys, 1872)
- Coenagrion lehmanni Kolenati, 1856
- Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840) – Irish Damselfly, Crescent Bluet
- Coenagrion lyelli (Tillyard, 1913) – Swamp Bluet
- Coenagrion melanoproctum (Selys, 1876)
- Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) – Southern Damselfly, Mercury Bluet
- Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850) – Ornate Bluet
- Coenagrion persicum Lohmann, 1993
- Coenagrion ponticum (Bartenef, 1929)
- Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758) – Azure Damselfly
- Coenagrion pulchellum (Van der Linden, 1823) – Variable Damselfly
- Coenagrion pygmaea Navás, 1919
- Coenagrion resolutum (Hagen in Selys, 1876) – Taiga Bluet
- Coenagrion scitulum (Rambur, 1842) – Dainty Damselfly, Dainty Bluet
- Coenagrion simillimum Bartenev, 1911
- Coenagrion sophia Fourcroy, 1785
- Coenagrion striatum Bartenev, 1956
- Coenagrion syriacum (Morton, 1924) – Syrian Bluet
- Coenagrion tengchongensis Yu & Bu, 2007
- Coenagrion terue (Asahina, 1949)
- Coenagrion tugur (Bartenev, 1956)
- Coenagrion vanbrinkae Lohmann, 1993
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