Leucorrhinia albifrons
Appearance
Dark whiteface | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Genus: | Leucorrhinia |
Species: | L. albifrons
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Binomial name | |
Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839)
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Leucorrhinia albifrons, the dark whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Sahlén, G. 2006. Leucorrhinia albifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.