Libellula
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For the British aircraft, see Miles Libellula. For the Italian helicopter, see Manzolini Libellula.
Libellula is a genus of dragonflies, called chasers (in English) or skimmers (in American), in the family Libellulidae. They are distributed throughout the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Many have showy wing patterns.[1]
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Skimmers | |
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Broad-bodied chaser | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
Family: | Libellulidae |
Subfamily: | Libellulinae |
Genus: | Libellula Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Libellula depressa | |
Species | |
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