{{Short description|Species of insect}} {{Speciesbox | image = Argia violacea fumipennis.jpg | image_caption = Violet dancer A. f. violacea, Male |status = G5 |status_system = TNC | taxon = Argia fumipennis | authority = (Burmeister, 1839) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''A. f. atra'' *''A. f. fumipennis'' * ''A. f. violacea''
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The '''variable dancer''' ('''''Argia fumipennis''''') is a damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread throughout the east and present in the interior western United States.<ref name=ns>[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Argia+fumipennis ''Argia fumipennis''.] NatureServe. 2012.</ref>
The male of the subspecies ''A. f. violacea'' (the '''violet dancer''') is purple with a blue tip.<ref name=neb>Paseka, J. M. [https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1078&context=zeabook ''Argia fumipennis violacea''.] Nebraska Dragonflies and Damselflies. 2010.</ref>
==Subspecies== ''Argia fumipennis'' has three subspecies: *'''Black dancer''' ''A. f. atra'' *'''Smoky-winged dancer''' ''A. f. fumipennis'' *'''Violet dancer''' ''A. f. violacea'' <gallery> File:Black Dancer - Argia fumipennis atra, Highland Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida.jpg|'''Black dancer''' ''A. f. atra'' File:Argia fumipennis.jpg|'''Smoky-winged dancer''' ''A. f. fumipennis'', Male File:Argia fumipennis violacea.jpg|'''Violet dancer''' ''A. f. violacea'', Female File:Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennis violacea) - Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.jpg|'''Violet dancer''' ''A. f. violacea'', Male </gallery>
==References== {{Commons category|Argia fumipennis}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Coenagrionidae Category:Odonata of North America Category:Insects described in 1839 Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister
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