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Aeshna viridis

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Green hawker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Aeshna
Species:
A. viridis
Binomial name
Aeshna viridis
Eversmann, 1836

Aeshna viridis, the green hawker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine. Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, lakes, and marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss in parts of its range but in general it is not very vulnerable.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sahlén, G. (2020). "Aeshna viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T563A138481922. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T563A138481922.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Borkenstein, A.; Schröter, A.; Jödicke, R. (2016). "Aeshna Viridis is an Early Bird – Matutinal Matings in a Crepuscular Species (Odonata: Aeshnidae)". Odonatologica. 45 (1/2): 37–56. doi:10.5281/Zenodo.50848.
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