Epiaeschna

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Epiaeschna
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Epiaeschna heros
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Aeshnidae
Genus: Epiaeschna
Hagen in Selys, 1883

Epiaeschna is a genus of darners in the dragonfly family Aeshnidae. There are about seven described species in Epiaeschna. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Epiaeschna heros

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Epiaeschna:

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References

  1. "Epiaeschna Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Epiaeschna". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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