Coenagrion ornatum
• English name: Ornate Bluet
• German name: Vogel-Azurjungfer
• French name: Agrion orné
• Dutch name: Vogelwaterjuffer
• Swedish name: Fågelflickslända
• Norwegian name: N/A
• Finnish name: N/A
• Danish name: N/A
• Italian name: Azzurrina balcanica
• Czech name: šidélko ozdobné
• Slovenian name: Koščični škratec
• Bulgarian name: Ручейно пъстриче
Coenagrion ornatum
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a small species which occurs mainly in south-eastern Europe, with scattered populations further north and west | |
| Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Coenagrionidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Near Threatened | |
| Scientific name | • Coenagrion ornatum (Selys, 1850) | |
| Name genus | • Coenagrion: from Grk. κοινός = common, widespread +; ἄγριος = wild, living in the fields | |
| Name species | • ornatum: from Lat. ornatus, -a, -um = ornate, adorned | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • well-vegetated streams and ditches | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 30-31 mm; hindwing: 17-24 mm | |
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ the hind margins of the postocular spots are markedly ragged (toothed) |
| Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly dark grey to black | |
| Male | Abdomen | ➤ the black mark on S2 resembles a trident, while the markings on S3-S5 are spear-shaped |
| Female | Thorax | • the hind margin of the pronotum has a small, notched lobe in the middle; see also the LineDrawing below |
| Abdomen | ➤ the top of the abdomen is mostly black, but with extensive sky-blue spots on S3-S7 | |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in Bavaria and on the Peloponnese |
LineDrawing: the female's pronotum in dorsal and lateral view.
