Calopteryx virgo

Calopteryx virgo.  (Linnaeus, 1758).  Beautiful Demoiselle.

This is the largest Calopteryx and is locally common from Scandinavia to

south-east Europe. The wings of males are a striking cobalt blue, with

the females brown displaying a white pterostigma near the tip.

Calopteryx virgo
Male. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 24.5.16.
Calopteryx virgo
Female. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 24.5.16.
Calopteryx virgo
Male. Vouraikos. Peloponnese. 7.7.16.
Calopteryx virgo
Female. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 27.6.16.

 Male. Peloponnese, Greece. 17.6.17.

Calopteryx virgo
Mating pair. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 27.6.16.
Calopteryx virgo
Female. Vouraikos. Peloponnese. 14.6.16.
Calopteryx virgo
Male. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 14.6.16.
Calopteryx virgo
Female. Plataniotissa. Peloponnese. 14.6.16.

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