Calopteryx splendens

Familia: Calopterygidae
Subfamilia: Calopteryginae
Genus: Calopteryx
Species: Calopteryx splendens

Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)

Type locality: "England".

Holotype: tbc.

Note: Publication years of 1776 or 1782 for this species are incorrect; see Hämäläinen (2008)

• Libellulae splendens Harris, 1780: 99, pl.30 fig.1

• Harris, M. 1776–[1780]. An exposition of English insects, with curious observations and remarks, wherein each insect is particularly described; its parts and properties considered; the different sexes distinguished, and the natural history faithfully related. The whole illustrated with copper plates, drawn engraved and coloured, by the author. Printed for the Author: London. 166 + [4] pp., 50 pls. BHL. [Note: Published in 5 decads; BHL includes only Decad 1] Reference page. 

• Hämäläinen, M. 2008. Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780) – a note on the publication date of the description of the Banded Demoiselle. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society 24(1): 19–23. Full issue (PDF).
• Harris, M. 1782. An exposition of English insects including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & Libellulae. Exhibiting on 51 copper plates near 500 figures, accurately drawn, & highly finished in colours, from nature. The whole minutely described, arranged & named, according to the Linnean system, with remarks. The figures of a great number of moths not in the Aurelian collection, formerly published by the same author and a plate with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work. White & Robson, London. 166 + [4] pp. 50 pls. BHL. Reference page.