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Aeshnidae

91 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Odonata › Aeshnidae

Anax guttatus (Burmeister, 1839)

Anax guttatus is a large widespread dragonfly found across Asia, Australia, Pacific islands, and Africa, living in slow or still freshwater habitats.

Anax junius (Drury, 1773)

Anax junius, the common green darner, is a large, distinctively marked North American dragonfly that occasionally ranges far afield.

Anax walsinghami McLachlan, 1883

Anax walsinghami, the giant darner, is North America's largest dragonfly with a stable, least concern population in the Americas.

Anax amazili (Burmeister, 1839)

Anax amazili, the Amazon darner, is a fairly large tropical dragonfly found from the southern US to Argentina.

Anax concolor Brauer, 1865

Anax concolor, the blue-spotted comet, is a stable least-concern darner dragonfly found in Central and South America.

Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839)

Anax ephippiger is a large migratory dragonfly with distinct abdominal color patterns that occupies a range of African and South Asian freshwater wetland habitats.

Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842

Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842 is a large marked dragonfly, with a reddish former variant split into a separate species in 2022.

Anax imperator Leach, 1815

Anax imperator, the emperor dragonfly, is a large widespread Afroeurasian dragonfly that has expanded north in Europe since the 1990s.

Anax indicus Lieftinck, 1942

Anax indicus is a large dragonfly that breeds in still freshwater habitats, identifiable by connected yellow abdominal spots on segments 7–8.

Anax longipes Hagen, 1861

The comet darner (Anax longipes Hagen, 1861) is a large dragonfish found across the eastern United States and beyond.

Anax nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915

Anax nigrofasciatus, the blue-spotted emperor, is a dragonfly species distributed across parts of Asia from Japan to the Himalayas.

Anax parthenope (Selys, 1839)

Anax parthenope is a crepuscular dragonfly with distinct coloration, found across Europe, Asia, North Africa, and spreading north.

Anax speratus Hagen, 1867

Anax speratus, the orange emperor, is an Aeshnidae dragonfly found across much of Africa, living in rivers and freshwater springs.

Anax strenuus Hagen, 1867

Anax strenuus, the giant Hawaiian darner, is a large endemic Hawaiian dragonfly, the largest in the United States.

Anax tristis Hagen, 1867

Anax tristis, the black emperor, is a large African dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae widespread across most of sub-Saharan Africa.

Anax papuensis (Burmeister, 1839)

The Australian emperor (Anax papuensis) is a large dragonfly widespread across Australia and nearby Western Pacific regions.

Anax gibbosulus Rambur, 1842

Anax gibbosulus, the green emperor, is a very large aeshnid dragonfly found from India to the Pacific.

Aeshna cyanea (Müller, 1764)

Aeshna cyanea is a common large European dragonfly with distinct green and blue markings that lives around small ponds.

Aeshna canadensis Walker, 1908

Aeshna canadensis, the Canada darner, is a large dark dragonfly with pale markings found across much of North America.

Aeshna interrupta Walker, 1908

Aeshna interrupta, the variable darner, is a North American aeshnid dragonfly named for the broken thoracic stripes of many males.

Aeshna palmata Hagen, 1856

Aeshna palmata, the paddle-tailed darner, is a common dragonfly of western North America named for its paddle-shaped appendages.

Aeshna umbrosa Walker, 1908

Aeshna umbrosa (shadow darner) is a large cold-tolerant dragonfly native to most of the US and all of Canada.

Aeshna walkeri Kennedy, 1917

Walker's darner (Aeshna walkeri) is a stable least-concern darner dragonfly found in North and Central America.

Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aeshna grandis, the brown hawker, is a large brown dragonfly found across much of Europe and into northern Asia.

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