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title: "Beautiful Demoiselle"
description: "Calopteryx virgo — Insetti e ragni. The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/beautiful-demoiselle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Beautiful Demoiselle

> Calopteryx virgo — Insetti e ragni. The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae.

- Scientific name: *Calopteryx virgo*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 39863
- Wikidata: [Q248379](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248379)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61536](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61536)

## Names

- en: Beautiful Demoiselle
- de: Blauflügel-Prachtlibelle
- es: Gaitero añil
- fr: Caloptéryx vierge
- nl: Bosbeekjuffer
- pl: Świtezianka dziewica

## Countries with the most observations

FR (6772), GB (4600), ES (4256), DE (4224), IT (2695), AT (1961), RU (1935), PT (1408), DK (979), CH (699), GR (649), FI (642)

## Summary

The beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. The species has been found in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia, and is often found by fast-flowing waters.

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

## Photo

![Beautiful Demoiselle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/beautiful-demoiselle/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Clow · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43091911

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/beautiful-demoiselle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).