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title: "Common Blue Damselfly"
description: "Enallagma cyathigerum — Insetos e aranhas. Enallagma cyathigerum (common blue damselfly or common bluet) is a species found mainly between latitudes 40°N and 72°N; It is widely distributed in the Palearctic, common in all European countries (including Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, etc.) and in Asia in Turkey, Iran, Russia, and South Korea, and throughout Ontario in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-blue-damselfly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Blue Damselfly

> Enallagma cyathigerum — Insetos e aranhas. Enallagma cyathigerum (common blue damselfly or common bluet) is a species found mainly between latitudes 40°N and 72°N; It is widely distributed in the Palearctic, common in all European countries (including Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, etc.) and in Asia in Turkey, Iran, Russia, and South Korea, and throughout Ontario in North America.

- Scientific name: *Enallagma cyathigerum*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 44742
- Wikidata: [Q608908](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q608908)
- iNaturalist taxon: [99901](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/99901)

## Names

- en: Common Blue Damselfly
- de: Gemeine Becherjungfer
- es: Azulado de copa
- fr: Portecoupe holarctique
- nl: Watersnuffel
- pl: Nimfa stawowa

## Countries with the most observations

GB (12369), DE (5877), RU (5615), FR (3964), DK (1893), ES (1495), IT (1380), NL (1003), AT (892), FI (817), BE (802), SE (579)

## Summary

Enallagma cyathigerum (common blue damselfly or common bluet) is a species found mainly between latitudes 40°N and 72°N; It is widely distributed in the Palearctic, common in all European countries (including Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, etc.) and in Asia in Turkey, Iran, Russia, and South Korea, and throughout Ontario in North America.  The species reaches a length of 29–36 mm (1.1–1.4 in) with wings 18–20 mm (0.71–0.79 in) long. Damselflies are an important link between the health of the aquatic ecosystem and its response to climate change. The closely…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: David Bennet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/378779371

## Machine access

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