Coenagrion johanssoni
• English name: Arctic Bluet
• German name: Nordische Azurjungfer
• French name: N/A
• Dutch name: Noordse waterjuffer
• Swedish name: Myrflickslända
• Norwegian name: Nordisk blåvannymfe
• Finnish name: Taigatytönkorento
• Danish name: Nordisk vandnymfe
• Italian name: N/A
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: N/A
• Bulgarian name: N/A
Coenagrion johanssoni
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a very small, dark- and slender-looking species of northern Europe | |
| Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Coenagrionidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894) | |
| Name genus | • Coenagrion: from Grk. κοινός = common, widespread +; ἄγριος = wild, living in the fields | |
| Name species | • johanssoni: after Carl Hans Johanson (1828-1908), Swedish naturalist | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • lakes and bogs | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 27-30 mm; hindwing: 15-19 mm | |
| Notes | • noticeably smaller and more slender than other Coenagrion species | |
| Both sexes | Abdomen | ➤ the lower side of the abdomen is black |
| Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly grey | |
| Male | Abdomen | ➤ the abdomen has a U-shaped mark on S2; in side view this mark resembles a black cat or sphinx |
| Female | Thorax | • the hind margin of the pronotum has a tiny lobe in the middle; see also the LineDrawing below |
| Abdomen | ➤ the top of the abdomen is all black except for the distal part of S9 and all of S10, which are sky blue | |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in Sweden and Finland |
LineDrawing: the male's head, thorax and abdomen in lateral view, and the female's pronotum in lateral view.
Twelve Coenagrion species; pronotum, female
Note: In C. johanssoni the hind margin of the pronotum has a tiny lobe in the middle.
Arctic Bluet (Coenagrion johanssoni)
Male head, thorax and abdomen in lateral view
Drawing by Ruth Ilka Nüß
© 2013 Lehmann & Nüß and DragonflyPix.com
Arctic Bluet (Coenagrion johanssoni)
Female pronotum in lateral view
Drawing by Ruth Ilka Nüß
© 2017 Lehmann & Nüß and DragonflyPix.com
