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Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor Dragonfly
: Eukaryota
: Animalia
: Metazoa
: Arthropoda
: Hexapoda
: Insecta
: Odonata
: Anisoptera
: Aeshnidae
: Anax
: imperator
Binomial name
Anax imperator
Leach, 1815

The Emperor Dragonfly, Anax imperator, is a large and powerful species of European hawker dragonfly. Males have a sky blue abdomen marked with a black dorsal stripe and an apple green thorax. Females have a green thorax and abdomen. The male is highly territorial, and difficult to approach. The species lives by larger ponds, gravel pits and slow rivers.


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