Myrflickslända (Coenagrion johanssoni)
• English name: Arctic Bluet
• German name: Nordische Azurjungfer
• French name: N/A
• Dutch name: Noordse waterjuffer
• Swedish name: Myrflickslända
• Norwegian name: Nordisk blåvannymfe
• Finnish name: Taigatytönkorento
• Danish name: Nordisk vandnymfe
• Italian name: N/A
• Czech name: N/A
• Slovenian name: N/A
• Bulgarian name: N/A
Myrflickslända (Coenagrion johanssoni)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015

Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
General | • a very small, dark- and slender-looking species of northern Europe | |
Classification | • suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies); family: Coenagrionidae | |
Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
Scientific name | • Coenagrion johanssoni (Wallengren, 1894) | |
Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
Habitat | • lakes and bogs | |
Dimensions | • typical body length: 27-30 mm; hindwing: 15-19 mm | |
Notes | • noticeably smaller and more slender than other Coenagrion species | |
Both sexes | Abdomen | ➤ the lower side of the abdomen is black |
Wings | • the pterostigma is uniformly grey | |
Male | Abdomen | ➤ the abdomen has a U-shaped mark on S2; in side view this mark resembles a black cat or sphinx |
Female | Thorax | • the hind margin of the pronotum has a tiny lobe in the middle; see also the LineDrawing below |
Abdomen | ➤ the top of the abdomen is all black except for the distal part of S9 and all of S10, which are sky blue | |
Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in Sweden and Finland |
LineDrawing: the male's head, thorax and abdomen in lateral view, and the female's pronotum in lateral view.