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Purple bluet

Enallagma coecum (Hagen, 1861)

Status not recordeddragonflies

The purple bluet (Enallagma coecum) is a species in the family Coenagrionidae, order Odonata. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Jamaica, Puerto Rico and United States.

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Quick facts about the purple bluet

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

Where does the purple bluet live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The purple bluet is listed for 3 countries.

United States of AmericaPuerto RicoJamaica
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Jamaica
  2. Puerto Rico
  3. United States

Is the purple 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 purple bluet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyCoenagrionidae
  6. genusEnallagma
  7. SpeciesEnallagma coecum (Hagen, 1861)

Synonyms Agrion coecum, Enallagma krugii

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Antillean Bluetroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the purple bluet

Other species in the same genus Enallagma.

LC, Least Concern
Common bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum)

Common bluet

Enallagma cyathigerum

Coenagrionidae

ComparePurple bluet vs Common bluetPurple bluet vs Attentuated bluetPurple bluet vs North American slender bluetPurple bluet vs Baja California bluet

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the purple bluet live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the purple bluet for 3 countries: Jamaica, Puerto Rico and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the purple bluet?

The purple bluet (Enallagma coecum) 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). Purple bluet (Enallagma coecum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-bluet

MLA

“Purple bluet (Enallagma coecum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-bluet.

BibTeX
@misc{purple_bluet_2026,
  title = {Purple bluet (Enallagma coecum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-bluet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}