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title: "Common Bluetail"
description: "Ischnura senegalensis — Insetti e ragni. Ischnura senegalensis, also known variously as common bluetail, marsh bluetail, ubiquitous bluetail, African bluetail, and Senegal golden dartlet, is a widespread damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-bluetail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Bluetail

> Ischnura senegalensis — Insetti e ragni. Ischnura senegalensis, also known variously as common bluetail, marsh bluetail, ubiquitous bluetail, African bluetail, and Senegal golden dartlet, is a widespread damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae.

- Scientific name: *Ischnura senegalensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 22507
- Wikidata: [Q536983](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536983)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52053](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52053)

## Names

- en: Common Bluetail
- de: Senegal-Pechlibelle
- es: Azulillo austral
- fr: Ischnure du Sénégal

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4048), IN (3976), TW (3560), SG (1691), HK (856), TH (830), JP (826), ID (612), CN (422), MY (362), PH (277), KR (204)

## Summary

Ischnura senegalensis, also known variously as common bluetail, marsh bluetail, ubiquitous bluetail, African bluetail, and Senegal golden dartlet, is a widespread damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native from Africa, through the Middle East, to southern and eastern Asia.

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

## Photo

![Common Bluetail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-bluetail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11068929

## Machine access

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