Calopteryx aequabilis

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| image = River jewelwing 13683663 jun 22 2018.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D. R. |year=2017 |title=Calopteryx aequabilis |volume=2017 |page=e.T165005A65826235 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T165005A65826235.en |access-date=6 December 2021}}

| genus = Calopteryx (damselfly)

| species = aequabilis

| authority = Say, 1839

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Calopteryx aequabilis, the river jewelwing, is a species of broad-winged damselfly. The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1839.{{cite web |last=Balaban |first=John and Jane |date=February 20, 2005 |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/11672 |title=Species Calopteryx aequabilis - River Jewelwing |website=BugGuide |access-date=November 12, 2020}} It is one out of the 170 species of the Odonata found from northeastern Alberta to Newfoundland and southward in most of northern part the United States.

Description

The male has a metallic blue-green body and black wing tips. The female is duller brown with smoky wing tips that have white spots near the tips. The naiad is pale brown with darker markings.{{cite web |url=http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Odonata&c=7&s=6145 |title=Species Page - Calopteryx aequabilis |website=Entomology Collection |publisher=University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001126/http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Odonata&c=7&s=6145 |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}Lam, Ed. (2004) Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY: Biodiversity Press, p.18.

Habitat

It lives near small to moderate forest streams.

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