Crescent bluet
Coenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
Status not recordeddragonflies
The crescent bluet (Coenagrion lunulatum) is a species in the family Coenagrionidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 3.3 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the crescent bluet
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 3 cm – 3.3 cm
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- freshwater
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Generations a year
- One every two years or more
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the crescent bluet?
Where does the crescent bluet live?
Not recorded
Is the crescent bluet 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 crescent bluet classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderOdonata
- familyCoenagrionidae
- genusCoenagrion
- SpeciesCoenagrion lunulatum (Charpentier, 1840)
Synonyms Agrion lunulatum, Agrion vernale, Coenagrion vernale
Other names and names in other languages (22)
- Irish blue damselflyEnglish
- Irish damselflyEnglish
- šidélko jarníCzech
- Mursen Las IwerddonWelsh
- Måne-vandnymfeDanish
- MondazurjungferGerman
- KuuliidrikEstonian
- kuutytönkorentoFinnish
- Agrion à lunulesFrench
- holdkék légivadászHungarian
- Mėnulinė strėliukėLithuanian
- måneblåvannymfeNorwegian Bokmål
- MaanwaterjufferDutch
- måneblåvassnymfeNorwegian Nynorsk
- łątka wiosennaPolish
- Стрелка весенняяRussian
- šotni škratecSlovenian
- mesečeva plava devicaSerbian
- månflicksländaSwedish
- Стрілка веснянаUkrainian
- Mursennod Glas IwerddonWelsh
- Mond-AzurjungferGerman
Relatives of the crescent bluet
Other species in the same genus Coenagrion.

Azure damselfly
Coenagrion puella
Variable bluet
Coenagrion pulchellum
Mercury bluet
Coenagrion mercuriale
Spearhead bluet
Coenagrion hastulatum
Dainty bluet
Coenagrion scitulum
Dark bluet
Coenagrion armatum
CompareCrescent bluet vs Azure damselflyCrescent bluet vs Variable bluetCrescent bluet vs Mercury bluetCrescent bluet vs Spearhead bluet
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the crescent bluet?
An adult crescent bluet measures 3 cm – 3.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the crescent bluet?
The crescent bluet (Coenagrion lunulatum) belongs to the family Coenagrionidae in the order Odonata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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