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Emperor dragonfly
Sign in to saveAlso known as Blue Emperor, Anax imperator, Emperor
species of insect
Species
Blue Emperor
species
Observations19,668
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Anax imperator
- Commons category
- Anax imperator
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- Anax imperator
- taxon common name
- storkeiserlibelle
- short name
- A. imperator
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Encyclopedic overview
The emperor dragonfly or blue emperor (Anax imperator) is a large species of hawker dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae. It is the largest dragonfly in most of Europe, including the United Kingdom, although exceeded in some areas by other species.
Nomenclature
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emperor dragonfly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.