 There seems to be another population of "C. scitulum" in central Asia and it's not clear if this is a separate species or if they traveled from the European population across the mountains of Afghanistan and northern Iran.There are many factors contributing to the geographic movement of "C. scitulum" some of these include changing temperatures, land disruption and decreasing water levels.The number one cause of dispersal in dainty damselflies is rising temperatures as they tract their optimal thermal niche to new locations.