Calopteryx virgo, female
Calopteryx virgo (female)
Calopteryx virgo, homeochromic female
Calopteryx virgo (homeochromic female)
English name: Beautiful Demoiselle
Dutch name: Bosbeekjuffer
Photos taken at the Röjdån near Röjdåfors,
Sweden, 22nd of July, 1996 (top) and on the
Lüneburger Heide, Germany, 24th of July
1998 (bottom)

Note: Wings and body are darker and browner than that of female Calopteryx splendens.

© 2005 by Antoine van der Heijden