Somatochlora viridiaenea
Somatochlora viridiaenea
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Somatochlora viridiaenea is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae. The species was described in 1858 by American entomologist Philip Reese Uhler based on a female specimen from Hokkaido, Japan. It has also been recorded on Honshu, in eastern Russia, and in Zhejiang, China. The Zhejiang specimen was described as a separate species, but a 2021 paper found that it should be treated as part of S. viridiaenea. Its closest relative is another East Asian species, S. clavata.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Odonata
- Family
- Corduliidae
- Genus
- Somatochlora