Sympecma
TaxonSympecma
AuthorityBurmeister, 1839

Sympecma is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.

The genus contains the following species:[1]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden, 1820)Common Winter Damselfly[2]southern and central Europe stretching out to Asia, Mediterranean in Europe and North Africa and on many Mediterranean islands
Sympecma gobica Förster, 1900From the very east of Europe deep into Asia
Sympecma paedisca (Brauer, 1877)Siberian Winter Damsel[3]From the Baltic countries to Japan, with western populations in the north of Germany and the Netherlands, and in the Alps and some other mountainous regions

References

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  2. ^ "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.