-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order Odonata)

-Damselflies (Suborder Zygoptera)

-Coenagrionoid Damselflies (Superfamily Coenagrionoidea)

-Narrow-winged Damselflies (Family Coenagrionidae)

-Swampdamsels (Genus Leptobasis)

-Cream-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis melinogaster)

The Cream-tipped Swampdamsel (Leptobasis melinogaster) is a delicate damselfly species in the family Coenagrionidae. The abdomen is darker, with cream or pale yellow markings toward the tip, giving it the "cream-tipped" appearance. Often perches on grasses, reeds, or other vegetation close to the water’s edge. When at rest, they hold their wings together above their body, as is characteristic of damselflies.