Protoneura cara Calvert, 1903 is a animal in the Coenagrionidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Protoneura cara Calvert, 1903

Protoneura cara Calvert, 1903

Protoneura cara, the orange-striped threadtail, is a stable narrow-winged damselfly species found in North and Central America.

Genus
Protoneura
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Protoneura cara Calvert, 1903

Protoneura cara, commonly known as the orange-striped threadtail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly. It belongs to the family Coenagrionidae and the superfamily Coenagrionoidea. This species is found in Central America and North America. The IUCN has assigned it the conservation status "LC", which stands for least concern, meaning there is no immediate threat to the survival of the species. Its population is currently stable. The IUCN assessment of this species was reviewed in 2017.

Photo: (c) Cheryl Harleston López Espino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Cheryl Harleston López Espino · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae Protoneura

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

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