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Dark bluet

Coenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)

Status not recordeddragonflies

The dark bluet (Coenagrion armatum) is a species in the family Coenagrionidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 3.2 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the dark bluet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the dark bluet?

DARK BLUET · LENGTH 3.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the dark bluet is about 1.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the dark bluet live?

Not recorded

Is the dark 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 dark bluet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyCoenagrionidae
  6. genusCoenagrion
  7. SpeciesCoenagrion armatum (Charpentier, 1840)

Synonyms Agrion armatum, Agrion armatum subsp. minor

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Norfolk blue damselflyEnglish
  • Norfolk CoenagrionEnglish
  • Norfolk damselflyEnglish
  • šidélko ozbrojenéCzech
  • Mursen Las NorfolkWelsh
  • Hue-vandnymfeDanish
  • HaubenazurjungferGerman
  • TanuliidrikEstonian
  • vihertytönkorentoFinnish
  • Agrion ArméFrench
  • crna vodendjevojčicaCroatian
  • Šarvuotoji strėliukėLithuanian
  • klypeblåvannymfeNorwegian Bokmål
  • Donkere waterjufferDutch
  • klypeblåvassnymfeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Łątka zielonaPolish
  • Стрелка вооружённаяRussian
  • dugorepa plava devicaSerbian
  • tångflicksländaSwedish
  • Стрілка озброєнаUkrainian
  • Mursennod Glas NorfolkWelsh
  • Hauben-AzurjungferGerman
  • armert blåvannymfeNorwegian Bokmål
  • griptångsflicksländaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dark bluet

Other species in the same genus Coenagrion.

Mercury bluet

Coenagrion mercuriale

CoenagrionidaeNo free photo yet

Dainty bluet

Coenagrion scitulum

CoenagrionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dark bluet?

An adult dark bluet measures 3.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the dark bluet?

The dark bluet (Coenagrion armatum) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dark bluet (Coenagrion armatum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-bluet

MLA

“Dark bluet (Coenagrion armatum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-bluet.

BibTeX
@misc{dark_bluet_2026,
  title = {Dark bluet (Coenagrion armatum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-bluet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}