The genus name
Agriocnemis is derived from two Greek words:
agrion or
ἄγριος, meaning wild, and
cnemis or
κνημίς, meaning legging.
Agrion was the name given in 1775 by
Johan Fabricius for all
damselflies.
cnemis is commonly used for many damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. The species name
argentea is a Latin word meaning the colour of silver. In 1906
Robin Tillyard named this species of damselfly after the
beautiful silvery white bloom covering of mature adults, which
when flying ... appears as a bright silver streak, darting in and out of the grass. ==Gallery==