Ebony jewelwing

Ebony jewelwing
Male
Female

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Calopterygidae
Genus: Calopteryx
Species:
C. maculata
Binomial name
Calopteryx maculata
Synonyms
  • Agrion maculata Palisot de Beauvois, 1807
  • Agrion virginica Westwood, 1837
  • Calopteryx holosericea Burmeister, 1839
  • Calopteryx maculata subsp. floridana Huggins, 1927
  • Calopteryx materna Say, 1840
  • Calopteryx opaca Say, 1840
  • Calopteryx papilionacea Rambur, 1842

The ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) is a species of broad-winged damselfly. One of about 150 species of Calopterygidae, it is found in the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, ranging west to the Great Plains. Other common names include black-winged damselfly.