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title: "Variable Bluet"
description: "Coenagrion pulchellum — Insetti e ragni. The variable damselfly or variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) is a European damselfly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/variable-bluet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Variable Bluet

> Coenagrion pulchellum — Insetti e ragni. The variable damselfly or variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) is a European damselfly.

- Scientific name: *Coenagrion pulchellum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 11768
- Wikidata: [Q1029095](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1029095)
- iNaturalist taxon: [208111](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/208111)

## Names

- en: Variable Bluet
- de: Fledermaus-Azurjungfer
- es: Caballito del Diablo azul
- fr: Agrion joli
- nl: Variabele waterjuffer
- pl: Łątka wczesna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (4471), DK (942), DE (919), FI (736), GB (631), NL (563), UA (386), PL (372), FR (309), SE (269), AT (251), LT (232)

## Summary

The variable damselfly or variable bluet (Coenagrion pulchellum) is a European damselfly. Despite its name, it is not the only blue damselfly prone to variable patterning.
Its behaviour is much like that of the azure damselfly; it usually stays close to vegetation. Immatures are often found in adjacent meadows or uncut grassy areas.

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

## Photo

![Variable Bluet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variable-bluet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pia Stermann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/299168023

## Machine access

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