---
title: "Blauwe breedscheenjuffer"
description: "Platycnemis pennipes — Insecten en spinnen. The white-legged damselfly or blue featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) is a damselfly of slow-flowing, muddy waters."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-featherleg
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blauwe breedscheenjuffer

> Platycnemis pennipes — Insecten en spinnen. The white-legged damselfly or blue featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) is a damselfly of slow-flowing, muddy waters.

- Scientific name: *Platycnemis pennipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 47165
- Wikidata: [Q882485](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q882485)
- iNaturalist taxon: [109650](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/109650)

## Names

- en: Blue Featherleg
- de: Blaue Federlibelle
- es: Patiblanco celeste
- fr: Pennipatte bleuâtre
- nl: Blauwe breedscheenjuffer
- pl: Pióronóg zwykły

## Countries with the most observations

DE (8481), FR (7304), RU (6451), IT (4591), AT (3496), PL (2128), UA (1680), CZ (1444), GB (1019), NL (848), GR (773), HU (680)

## Summary

The white-legged damselfly or blue featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) is a damselfly of slow-flowing, muddy waters. It occurs from the Atlantic to Siberia and is often abundant throughout its range.

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

## Photo

![Blauwe breedscheenjuffer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-featherleg/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lisa Salvatico · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11416567

## Machine access

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