2024-04-01
Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus), the beautiful demoiselle – a species with royal connections
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Journal of the British Dragonfly Society , Volume 40 - Issue 1
The names, both common and scientific, given to the damselfly species Calopteryx virgo in Sweden and England in the 18th or early 19th century are discussed. All are somehow linked to royalty, either originating from Carl Linnaeus’ early admiration of the young princess Louisa Ulrika, or from the similarity of the dark-blue wing colour
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Hämäläinen, M. (2024). Calopteryx virgo (Linnaeus), the beautiful demoiselle – a species with royal connections. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society, 40(1). |
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