BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Blue-eyed Darner
| Scientific Name: | Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen, 1861) | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Rhionaeschna californica
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| English Name: | Blue-eyed Darner | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | June 1, 2005. Changed from Aeshna multicolor to Rhyonaeschna multicolor based on von Ellenrieder 2003- DW |
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| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | OD-RHIMUL | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (May 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (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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Rhionaeschna multicolor in Royal British Columbia Museum and the Spencer Entomological Museum. 2004bf. 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: Rhionaeschna multicolor. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 14, 2026).