Aztec Dancer

Argia nahuana

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae

The Aztec dancer (Argia nahuana) damselfly is one of the pond damsels. Common name originates from the Aztecs, and scientific names comes from the Nahuas. Physical Description The dark black stripe on the side of the thorax is forked from front to back.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAztec dancer, Wikipedia contributors

Aztec Dancer

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