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title: "Blue-tailed Damselfly"
description: "Ischnura elegans — Insetti e ragni. The blue-tailed damselfly or common bluetail (Ischnura elegans) is a damselfly, belonging to the family Coenagrionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-tailed-damselfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-tailed Damselfly

> Ischnura elegans — Insetti e ragni. The blue-tailed damselfly or common bluetail (Ischnura elegans) is a damselfly, belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.

- Scientific name: *Ischnura elegans*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 62748
- Wikidata: [Q548472](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548472)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61508](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61508)

## Names

- en: Blue-tailed Damselfly
- de: Große Pechlibelle
- es: Azulillo elegante
- fr: Ischnure élégante
- nl: Lantaarntje
- pl: Tężnica wytworna

## Countries with the most observations

DE (10246), FR (9994), GB (8573), IT (5243), RU (5040), NL (2390), AT (2056), PL (1820), UA (1588), DK (1374), BE (1362), CZ (843)

## Summary

The blue-tailed damselfly or common bluetail (Ischnura elegans) is a damselfly, belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.

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

## Photo

![Blue-tailed Damselfly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-tailed-damselfly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Felix Puff · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217098958

## Machine access

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