Family Calopterygidae (Broad-winged damselflies)Calopterygidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained
in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include
all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have
not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon
name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.
In Case You Didn't Know ...Worldwide, this family of damselfly species occur more in the tropics than in North America. They distinguish themselves from other damselflies by having broad wings with a dense array of wing veins. They are the only family that tend to point their abdomens upward when the air temperatures are high. They also usually set themselves apart from other damselfly families by their larger size and often displaying metallic bodies and/or colored wings.
Taxon References for Calopterygidae
Book: Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East, by Dennis Paulson, Princeton Field Guides series.
