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Blue-winged olive

Serratella ignita (Poda, 1761)

Status not recordedinsects

The blue-winged olive (Serratella ignita) is a species in the family Ephemerellidae, order Ephemeroptera.

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Quick facts about the blue-winged olive

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-winged olive live?

Not recorded

Is the blue-winged olive endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue-winged olive classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderEphemeroptera
  5. familyEphemerellidae
  6. genusSerratella
  7. SpeciesSerratella ignita (Poda, 1761)

Synonyms Drunella karasuensis, Ephemera ignita, Ephemerella ignita, Ephemerella lactata, Ephemerella sibirica, Ephemerella torrentium, Serratella lactata

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Broget døgnflueDanish
  • Feuerfarbene EintagsfliegeGerman
  • Harilik samblapäevikEstonian
  • okasurviainenFinnish
  • Olive à ailes bleuesFrench
  • vörösbarna kérészHungarian
  • イグニタマダラカゲロウJapanese
  • 쇠꼬리하루살이Korean
  • rød ryggjelledøgnflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • Geringde driestaartDutch
  • Подёнка красновато-коричневаяRussian
  • podenka letnáSlovak
  • röd strömsländaSwedish
  • Blåvinget sommerdøgnflueDanish
  • piikkiokasurviainenFinnish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue-winged olive

Other species in the same genus Serratella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the blue-winged olive?

The blue-winged olive (Serratella ignita) belongs to the family Ephemerellidae in the order Ephemeroptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue-winged olive (Serratella ignita). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-olive

MLA

“Blue-winged olive (Serratella ignita).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-olive.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_winged_olive_2026,
  title = {Blue-winged olive (Serratella ignita)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-winged-olive},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}