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Forktails
Ischnura
Ischnura is a genus of damselflies known as forktails in the family Coenagrionidae. Forktails are distributed worldwide, including various oceanic islands. The males have a forked projection at the tip of the abdomen which gives the group their common name.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 71 known species
Eastern Forktail
speciesIschnura verticalis
Blue-tailed Damselfly
speciesIschnura elegans
Fragile Forktail
speciesIschnura posita
Rambur's Forktail
speciesIschnura ramburii
Common Bluetail
speciesIschnura senegalensis
Pacific Forktail
speciesIschnura cervula
Citrine Forktail
speciesIschnura hastata
Australian Bluetail
speciesIschnura heterosticta
Aurora Bluetail
speciesIschnura aurora
Iberian Bluetail
speciesIschnura graellsii
Lilypad Forktail
speciesIschnura kellicotti
Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
speciesIschnura pumilio
Western Forktail
speciesIschnura perparva
Western Golden Dartlet
speciesIschnura rubilio
Ischnura fluviatilis
speciesIschnura fluviatilis
Black-fronted Forktail
speciesIschnura denticollis
Plains Forktail
speciesIschnura damula
Ischnura asiatica
speciesIschnura asiatica
Mexican Forktail
speciesIschnura demorsa
Tiny Forktail
speciesIschnura capreolus
Desert Forktail
speciesIschnura barberi
Furtive Forktail
speciesIschnura prognata
Swift Forktail
speciesIschnura erratica
Island Bluetail
speciesIschnura genei
colourful bluetail
speciesIschnura pruinescens
Sahara Bluetail
speciesIschnura saharensis
Desert bluetail
speciesIschnura evansi
Oasis Bluetail
speciesIschnura fountaineae
Pixie Dartlet
speciesIschnura nursei
Ischnura rufostigma
speciesIschnura rufostigma
San Francisco Forktail
speciesIschnura gemina
Ischnura aralensis
speciesIschnura aralensis
Ischnura chingaza
speciesIschnura chingaza
Dumont's Bluetail
speciesIschnura intermedia
Ischnura inarmata
speciesIschnura inarmata
Ischnura ultima
speciesIschnura ultima
Ischnura pamelae
speciesIschnura pamelae
Ischnura forcipata
speciesIschnura forcipata
Ischnura cruzi
speciesIschnura cruzi
Ischnura cyane
speciesIschnura cyane
Madagascar bluetail
speciesIschnura filosa
Ischnura oreada
speciesIschnura oreada
Ischnura taitensis
speciesIschnura taitensis
Ethiopian Bluetail
speciesIschnura abyssinica
Rota Blue Damselfly
speciesIschnura luta
Ischnura foylei
speciesIschnura foylei
Ischnura armeniaca
speciesIschnura armeniaca
Ischnura rufovittata
speciesIschnura rufovittata
Ischnura indivisa
speciesIschnura indivisa
Ischnura acuticauda
speciesIschnura acuticauda
Ischnura ariel
speciesIschnura ariel
Ischnura ezoin
speciesIschnura ezoin
Ischnura isoetes
speciesIschnura isoetes
Ischnura jeanyvesmeyeri
speciesIschnura jeanyvesmeyeri
Ischnura lorentzi
speciesIschnura lorentzi
Ischnura mahechai
speciesIschnura mahechai
Ischnura rubella
speciesIschnura rubella
Ischnura rurutana
speciesIschnura rurutana
Ischnura stueberi
speciesIschnura stueberi
Ischnura thelmae
speciesIschnura thelmae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52054.