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Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damsel
Frühe Adonislibelle




Male. Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen, Germany) on May 29, 2009.




Female. Specimen photographed in Göttingen (Niedersachsen, Germany) on May 29, 2009.


Subspecies
No subspecies are recognized. Pyrrhosoma elisabethae is a separate species.



Synonyms
Libellula nymphula Sulzer, 1776
Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
Pyrrhosoma nymphula nymphula (Sulzer, 1776)
Libellula minius Harris, 1782 (p. 97)
Libellula minium Harris, 1782 (lapsus)
Agrion minium (Harris, 1782)
Phyrrhosoma minium (Harris, 1782)
Agrion amazon Hansemann, 1823
Agrion sanguineum Vander Linden, 1825
Agrion sanguinea (Vander Linden, 1825)
Agrion fulvipes Stephens, 1836
Erythromma fulvipes (Stephens, 1836)
Erythromma chloridum Evans, 1845
Agrion rubra De Selys Longchamps et Hagen, 1850 (based on label name)
Pyrrhosoma nymphula interposita Varga, 1968
Libellula minimum Steinmann, 1997 (p. 231)
Agrion minimum Steinmann, 1997 (p. 231)
Libellula puella auct. nec Linnaeus, 1758 (misidentification)

Note: the following might also be synonyms, but this has to be checked:
Agrion chloridion De Charpentier, 1825
Erythromma chloridion Evans ?
Agrion lincolniense Stephens, 1836





































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