Coenagrion


Coenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae,
commonly called the Eurasian Bluets. Species of Coenagrion are generally medium-sized, brightly coloured damselflies.

Species

The genus Coenagrion includes the following species:

Biology

Thermal adaptation

This genus's capacity for phenotypically plastic [responses to the surface air temperature] is important to species' ranges. These thermal responses will also decide a great deal of these species' phenotypic plasticity and [climate change|responses to climate change]. Nilsson-Örtman et al., 2012 find a high degree of thermal adaptation in high latitude populations of Coenagrion. They found similar plasticity even for various sympatric species at the same locations, and despite the highly variable weather at such latitudes.