Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842 is a animal in the Coenagrionidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842

Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842

Mecistogaster ornata, the lemon-tipped helicopter, is a least concern narrow-winged damselfly found in Central and South America.

Genus
Mecistogaster
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842

Mecistogaster ornata, commonly known as the lemon-tipped helicopter or ornate helicopter, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. This species is distributed across Central America and South America. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Mecistogaster ornata holds the conservation status "LC" (least concern), meaning there are no immediate threats to the survival of the species. This IUCN conservation assessment was most recently reviewed in 2009.

Photo: (c) Steven Easley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Easley · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae Mecistogaster

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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