BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Western Red Damsel
| Scientific Name: | Amphiagrion abbreviatum (Selys, 1876) | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Western Red Damsel | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Paulson, D.R. and S.W. Dunkle. 1999. A checklist of North American Odonata. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound Occasional Paper, 56: 86 pp. Available: http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | OD-AMPABB | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Jun 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4 (Mar 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2005) | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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Amphiagrion abbreviatum in Royal British Columbia Museum and the Spencer Entomological Museum. 2004f. Odonata distribution maps based on data from the Royal British Columbia Museum and the Spencer Entomological Museum. Produced by Clover Point Cartographics for the Royal British Columbia Museum and Conservation Data Centre, Victoria, BC. |
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Cannings, R.A. 2002b. Introducing the dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon. Royal B.C. Mus., Victoria, BC. 96pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Amphiagrion abbreviatum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 7, 2026).