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Somatochlora alpestris
Species of dragonfly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Somatochlora alpestris, or the alpine emerald, is a species of dragonfly from the family Corduliidae. It is found in European highlands, southern Scandinavia, and east to southern Siberia in Asia.[2]
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Somatochlora alpestris | |
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A male in French Alps | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Corduliidae |
Genus: | Somatochlora |
Species: | S. alpestris |
Binomial name | |
Somatochlora alpestris (Selys, 1840) | |
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