Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972 is a animal in the Coenagrionidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972 (Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972)
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Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972

Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972

The four-spot midget (Mortonagrion hirosei) is a threatened Coenagrionidae damselfly found in East Asia.

Genus
Mortonagrion
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, 1972

Mortonagrion hirosei, commonly known as the four-spot midget, is a species of damselfly that belongs to the family Coenagrionidae. This species can be found in Hong Kong, Japan, and northern Taiwan. Its natural habitats are rivers and saline marshes, and it is currently threatened by habitat loss.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae Mortonagrion

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

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