| Whitefaces | |
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| Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Ruby whiteface) male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Subfamily: | Leucorrhiniinae |
| Genus: | Leucorrhinia Brittinger, 1850 [1] |
Leucorrhinia is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly called whitefaces because of their distinctive pale frons.
Listed alphabetically. [2] [3]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Leucorrhinia albifrons (Burmeister, 1839) | dark whiteface [4] | Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. | |
 | Leucorrhinia borealis Hagen, 1890 | boreal whiteface [5] | North America | |
 |  | Leucorrhinia caudalis (Charpentier, 1840) | lilypad whiteface [4] | Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine. |
| Leucorrhinia circassica Bartenev, 1929 | North-Western Caucasus | |||
 |  | Leucorrhinia dubia (Van der Linden, 1825) | white-faced darter, [6] small whiteface [4] | northern Europe eastwards to Siberia |
 |  | Leucorrhinia frigida Hagen, 1890 | frosted whiteface [5] | United States and southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. |
| Leucorrhinia glacialis Hagen, 1890 | crimson-ringed whiteface [5] | North America | ||
 | Leucorrhinia hudsonica (Selys, 1850) | Hudsonian whiteface [5] | northern West Virginia | |
 | Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen, 1861) | dot-tailed whiteface [5] | United States (Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming), Canada: (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia • Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan) | |
| Leucorrhinia intermedia Bartenev, 1912 | Japan | |||
| Leucorrhinia orientalis Selys, 1887 | Russia | |||
 | Leucorrhinia patricia Walker, 1940 | Canada whiteface [5] | North America | |
 |  | Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) | large white-faced darter, yellow-spotted whiteface [4] | western Siberia to parts of France. |
 |  | Leucorrhinia proxima Calvert, 1890 | red-waisted whiteface, [7] belted whiteface [5] | |
 |  | Leucorrhinia rubicunda (Linnaeus, 1758) | ruby whiteface [4] | Northern Belgium and it is found through Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Fennoscandia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. |
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