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title: "Blue-tipped Dancer"
description: "Argia tibialis — Insects & spiders. Argia tibialis, the blue-tipped dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-tipped-dancer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Blue-tipped Dancer

> Argia tibialis — Insects & spiders. Argia tibialis, the blue-tipped dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae.

- Scientific name: *Argia tibialis*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 16381
- Wikidata: [Q3158237](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3158237)
- iNaturalist taxon: [94575](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/94575)

## Names

- en: Blue-tipped Dancer
- fr: Argie des pénombres

## Countries with the most observations

US (14942), CA (185)

## Summary

Argia tibialis, the blue-tipped dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
The IUCN conservation status of Argia tibialis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argia_tibialis

## Photo

![Blue-tipped Dancer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-tipped-dancer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214550617

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-tipped-dancer?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).